The cloudy ice is caused mainly by rapid freezing, trapping many air bubbles. Hail comes in strange shapes, sometimes with ragged edges. Answers should include crop losses, property damage, injury, and possible death. Accept reasonable answers. Losses include damage to mobile homes, roofs, and airplane crashes.
Tornadoes are relatively small, while hurricanes cover hundreds of miles.
For tornadoes, the updraft must be halted for a while by a layer of warm air just above the ground. Storm chasers are professional people who try to get as close to a tornado as possible so they can film and take pictures of it. Tornadoes form under the thunderstorm where there is little rain or lightning, in the southwest part of the storm cloud. The most dangerous tornadoes are thick, black clouds that are 2,000 feet across. They move about 50 mph across the land.