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Ice storm
* Some ice storms cause damage
  - death
  * The falling rain comes into contact with surfaces and becomes frozen shortly afterward. Ice storms are known to cause accidents, take power lines down and cause serious damage
* are a major concern to utility companies and the aviation industry
  - caused by freezing rain
* are common throughout the U.S. but occur with less frequency in the Pacific Northwest
  - with one or two destructive storms each year
  - known to cause accidents , take power lines down and cause serious damage
  - often winter's worst hazard
  - regular in winter and early spring, and rain is frequent in every month
  - result of the ice formation process, which is influenced by general weather patterns
* can also pose a threat.
* cause ice to accumulate on roads, trees, and power lines.
* form when a layer of warm air is between two layers of cold air.
* have a notorious reputation for damaging power lines by weighing it down with ice.
* occur when there light drizzle and temperatures hover around the freezing point.
* represent a significant threat to populations affected by prolonged power outages.
* require salt and sand in large quantities.

Intense storm
* Most intense storms accompany dust clouds.
* Most intense storms are caused by activities
  - sunspot activities
* Some intense storms are followed by snow.
* accompany clouds
  - quite frequent, particularly during the winter months
* damage properties.

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Large storm
* appear to be a major instigator of bark beetle outbreaks.
* can drastically alter or even destroy some barrier islands.
* happen in the bay , especially during the winter months.
+ Bay of Biscay: Bays :: Atlantic Ocean :: Geography of France :: Geography of Spain
  * The Bay of Biscay is home to some of the Atlantic Ocean's baddest weather. Large storms happen in the bay, especially during the winter months. Up until recent years ships would wreck in Biscay storms, and many lives were lost. Improved ships and weather prediction have helped.

Lightning storm
* are inescapable from humankind's attention.
* build rapidly and occur almost daily throughout the summer.
* can come in the form of squalls, tropical storms, and hurri canes
  - damage computer modems, even without a direct lightning strike
* occur most often in late summer but can appear at any time of year.

Major storm
* Some major storms produce powdery snow
* can cause a big drop in the cosmic-ray count for a day or two
  - occur at any time of the year
* remove sand from beaches and deposit it on sandbars.

Northeaster
* are extratropical cyclones along the USA's East Coast
  - the big storms that can dump snow on the East Coast states
* is susceptible to green petal disease but resistant to red stele.
* often bring heavy rain, heavy snow and severe coastal flooding to the East.

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Occasional storm
* can produce very heavy rainfall.
* drive waves and sands so forcefully that beach and shoreline change dramatically.
* move waves and sand with such great force that beaches and shorelines change.
+ Monaro (New South Wales): Regions of New South Wales
  * Because it is located east of the Snowy Mountains, the rain-bearing westerly winds drop rain and snow on the mountains leaving the Monaro region in a rain shadow. Annual rainfall ranges from  around Dalgety to  at the eastern edge of the plateau. Occasional storms can produce very heavy rainfall. On one day in June 1975, Nimmitabel received  of rain. Temperatures in summer are warm to very warm. The average maximum temperatures range from  around Canberra and Queanbeyan to  on the highest parts of the plateau. Nights in summer can be cool, but in winter the region is the coldest part of mainland Australia outside the Alps The with July minimum temperatures averaging  in Canberra and  in Bombala.