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1.       1.Hail which is 2 cm in diameter, winds of 90 kms, flash flooding and tornadoes

2.       2.The potential to destroy houses and property

3.       3.When humid air gets pushed upward into the atmosphere by converging surface winds, the air rises, moisture condenses and releases heat energy called latent heat which causes buoyment allowing it to rise further into the atmosphere and freezes which causes crystals to drop and create hail.

4.      4. Its heat energy and its one of the steps that create hail

5.       5.Up in the higher atmosphere where its colder and water particles can freeze

6.       6.It’s more likely for a tornado to form in the ocean or on a river since its colder

7.       7.The bureau of meteorology by the study of synoptic charts and weather conditions

8.       8.Because people can never judge how big or wild it will be and there’s no real evidence that it will strike were and when its predicted

9.       9.A) at 1:10 pm b) Maitland, Raymond Terrance and Newcastle, Lemon Tree Passage and Nelson’s Bay c) 2:10 pm  d) to turn off your laptops, to get away from the windows, to move all loose objects and hide under the desks until storm passes or you are instructed to leave.