3. Description
It is a big black cloud with lightning and thunder coming
out of it
4. What it needs to form
• moisture
• unstable air
• lift
5. Effect of damage
• 75 to 100 people die each year of
thunderstorms
• It can make fires
6. Cool facts
There are about 1,800 thunderstorms
a day
You take the number of seconds
between the thunder and
lightning, divide by 5 and you will get
the number of miles it is away from you
7. Safety tips
• Stay inside
• Never stand under a tree
• Don’t take a bath or shower
• Stay away from windows and
don’t go on a porch
• Don’t get out of a car if you are in
one
• Try to find a ditch or low ground
to be on
• lightning strikes more than once
in same spot so don’t stand by
were a bolt of lightning has
already struck
