SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A severe weather condition that forms quickly and often without warning is a
A
tornado.
B
hurricane.
C
blizzard.
D
typhoon.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Severe weather can include hazardous conditions produced by thunderstorms, including damaging winds, tornadoes, large hail, flooding and flash flooding, and winter storms associated with freezing rain, sleet, snow and strong winds.

Detailed explanation-2: -A tornado is a swirling, funnel-shaped cloud with whirling winds that can reach 300 mph that stretches from a thunderstorm to the ground. Tornado damage tracks can be more than one mile broad and 50 miles long. Once on land, tropical storms and hurricanes can be accompanied by tornadoes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Both tornadoes and hurricanes are characterized by extremely strong horizontal winds that swirl around their center and by a ring of strong upward motion surrounding downward motion in their center.

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