BlizzardsIce Storms

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Blizzards/Ice Storms

• ByRaluca Zaraza, Miranda Wilking, Uzma Riaz,
  Destiny Wray and Azra Balcinovic

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How Blizzards Form

• You need cold air to make snow. The clouds where
  snowflakes structure and ground level. Both must
  be chilly for snow to fall to the ground.
• If the air near the ground is to warm, the snow
  will melt on its approach downward. Therefore it
  will turn to rain or freezing rain.

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How long can it last?

• A blizzard can last for many hours. The greatest
  amount of hours that a blizzard lasted was four
  days.
• A blizzard can travel for many, many miles.
• A Blizzard might take a week till it stops, the
  snow and ice might take weeks to melt. When the
  ice from lakes and rivers crack it may cause a
  flood.

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What makes blizzards dangerous?

• Blizzards have different dangers. Driving by car
  can be very hard or even impossible without
  conditions in drifting snow. What makes a
  blizzard dangerous is that there is strong winds,
  cold temperature and heavy snow. You can get
  frost bite,

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Ice Storm Safety

• Don't leave your home
• If you are in a car do not try to go at your
  house as fast as you can because your car might
  slip
• Always make sure you have a First Aid kit in
  your car and your house.
• Make sure you have warm clothing in your house
  and your car in case get trapped in a place
• Make sure your cell phones are working good and
  have extra batteries.
• Make sure you have something to keep you warm.

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Where blizzards occur

• Most blizzards come from the north pole, South
  pole, Central united, British Columbia, Canada,
  and the Rocky Mountains.
• The reason that the blizzards come from these
  regions is because these regions are the farthest
  from the Equator so they are cold regions.

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Interesting Facts!

• Blizzards are hazardous when fallen snow blocks
  roads, and highways and airports become
  snowbound.
• Normal activities are usually stopped in a
  blizzard.
• The Saskatchewan blizzard of 1945 was the worst
  recorded in Canadian history.

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What you can expect to see during a Blizzard

• The most you would exepect to see during a storm
  is a lot of hail, snow and wind.The reason this
  is because the rain drops in the snow freeze.

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• Researcher
• Miranda Wilking
• Azra Balcinovic
• Designer
• Raluca Zaraza
• Uzma Riaz,
• Destiny Wray