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What damage is caused by thunder?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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Many times when storm damage occurs to buildings, trees or other objects, people automatically say it was a tornado.But in most years, thunderstorm winds cause more damage, and thunderstorms are more frequent than tornadoes. In addition, property and crop damage can be more severe from thunderstorm winds than from tornadoes. Thunderstorms winds can exceed 100 mph.The most frequently encountered type of damaging straight-line wind in a thunderstorm is that associated with the leading edge of the rain-cooled outflow, known as the gust front. Although most thunderstorm outflow winds range from 30 to 50 mph, on occasion these winds can exceed 100 mph. Downburst-producing storms often give little advance indications of the imminent danger on weather radar or to the spotter, so warnings are difficult to issue.To be safe from strong thunderstorm winds, go inside a sturdy building, but stay away from windows that could break. If available, get to a basement or underground shelter.Large hail and flooding rains may accompany strong winds, so be alert to these dangers, also. Stay informed about the weather at all times.

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Usually there is lightning durning a thunderstorm and lightning is the cause of many peoples deaths, if they are unlucky enough to be struck. Lightning can also cause fires.

Hail, wind, lightning, and tornadoes are some of the weather conditions that occur during a thunderstorm.

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minor to severe damage like trees almost or cut in half or if a lightning strike strike your house or chimney then the chimney would collapsed causing damage to your home your outside property or other places say if a house is near a building and a lightning strike hit the house or chimney then it collapsed hitting the building causing severe damage to the building and the house

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a thunder storm can cause huge damage to life and property, collapsing of houses , death of people in accidents , landslide (mudslides) etc.

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=help me i need help if someone knows what damage does when it hits=

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Destroy properties,cause aircrafts to crash.

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it can distroy a lot of homes and kill lots of people!

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