Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Severe weather phenomena are weather conditions that are hazardous. Examples include: drought heat wave thunderstorm blizzard ice storm arctic cyclone cyclone (also called a hurricane, typhoon or windstorm) monsoon tornado (also referred to as a whirlwind or twister) Phenomena caused by severe weather include: flood forest fire landslide, mudslide avalanche See also extreme weather, meteorology. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.