The Black Hills, where Pennington County is located, have some of the most frequent hail storms in the country, according to the National Weather Service. You may also like: 1000 Years of Droughts in America South Dakota: Pennington County They are most common in the summer months, although the most violent storms tend to arrive with cold fronts in late winter and spring. In Charleston County, South Carolina, warm, moist air from the Atlantic Ocean rises over land to form localized thunderstorms with high winds, hair, and a lot of lightning. Lazyllama / Shutterstock South Carolina: Charleston County The death toll was between 100 and 200 people. The flooding was followed by food shortages and typhoid. As heavy rains fell across the state, the Wabash River brimming with floodwater grew almost seven miles wide. Gibson County, Indiana, sits along the Wabash River, the scene of one of the worst floods in state history in 1913. The name comes from the resemblance to train cars on railroad tracks. Unlike typical quick single-cell thunderstorms, training thunderstorms can repeatedly build in the same areas for hours and produce serious flooding. Proximity to Lake Michigan means Cook County, which includes Chicago, gets unsettling severe weather known as training thunderstorms. Virrage Images / Shutterstock Illinois: Cook County Researchers predict climate change will mean fewer days of hail ahead, but an increase in the size of hailstones, making them more destructive and more lethal. Hail storms are expected to become more dangerous as the planet keeps overheating. Without land to absorb it, the water inundates roadways, culverts, and underpasses. But in developed urban areas, rain falls on impervious surfaces like sidewalks, parking lots, and driveways. Flash floods tear through dry waterbeds, city streets, and sewer drains at breakneck speed. Severe weather is growing more intense as well.
They cause flash floods, spark fires, and create hail, killing more people each year than do tornadoes, lightning, or hurricanes.
There are roughly 100,000 thunderstorms every year in the United States, and 1 in 10 is considered severe. But severe weather is far more than an inconvenience, and it can be a matter of life or death. When people don't know what else to say, they gripe about the heat or the cold or the rain or the snow. Weather is often a go-to conversation filler or ice-breaker.
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