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Welcome to Ken Chen's 2005 Geography Natural Hazards Home Page. Here on this site you will hopefully pick up a few interesting points on severe thunderstorms.


Lightning strikes in the center of Sydney--A warning of an approaching thunderstorm...

What is a Severe Thunderstorm?

Severe thunderstorms are classed as one of natures most destructive and dangerous natural hazard. They can strike at just about anywhere in Australia and the full force of the storm can cause massive chaos and destruction.

A severe thunderstorm is a strong storm which involves the features of an ordinary thunderstorm (rain, hail along with lightning and/or thunder), in addition to producing:

  • Hail with diameter of >2 cm



  • Strong Wind Gusts of >90km/h



  • Flash flooding



  • Tornadoes


Or any combinations of the above features.


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