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Examples include:

• drought
• heat wave

• thunderstorm
• blizzard
• ice storm

• arctic cyclone
• cyclone (also called a hurricane, typhoon or windstorm)
• monsoon
• tornado (also referred to as a whirlwind or twister)

Phenomena caused by severe weather include:

• flood
• forest fire
• landslide, mudslideThis article refers to the event known as a mudslide. For information on the beverage, see Mudslide (beverage). A mudslide occurs when torrential rainfall fails to drain properly and thus causes the nearby rock and dirt to become unstable and to "slide" d
• avalancheThis article refers to the natural event known as an avalanche . For other uses, see below Chevrolet has produced a car named Avalanche The Avalanches are an Australian dance music group An Avalanche diode is an electronic device An avalanche is caused wh
• derechoA Derecho is a widespread and long-lived windstorm that is associated with a fast-moving band of severe thunderstorms. Derechos are usually not associated with a cold front. They occur mostly in July, but can occur at anytime during the spring and summer

See also extreme weatherExtreme weather is weather phenomena indicative of an unstable climate; that is, weather that is at the extremes of historical patterns, especially severe or unseasonal weather. The combination of extreme weather and high population density has led to dra, meteorologyMeteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. Meteorological phenomena are observable weather events which illuminate and are explained by the science of meteorology. Those events are bound by the.