Terms: thunderstorms
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1. Giant Blue Jets in the Sky Filmed (Nature.com - Clarke)
   "Video images captured in Puerto Rico suggest that blue flashes of light, much like lightning, feed energy from thunderstorms up into the Earth's ionosphere - a blanket of electrically charged air some 70 kilometres above the ground." 3-02

2. -07-24-06 St. Louis Still Has Many Without Power (MSNBC News)
   "Nearly a quarter-million homes and businesses still had no electricity Monday as the city struggled to recover from last week’s devastating thunderstorms." 07-06

3. Causes of Tornadoes (NSSL.NOAA.gov)
   "Thunderstorms develop in warm, moist air in advance of eastward-moving cold fronts. These thunderstorms often produce large hail, strong winds, and tornadoes. Tornadoes in the winter and early spring are often associated with strong, frontal systems that form in the Central States and move east. Occasionally, large outbreaks of tornadoes occur with this type of weather pattern. Several states may be affected by numerous severe thunderstorms and tornadoes." 02-07