Storms are disturbances of the atmosphere, accompanied by strong winds and often by some form of precipitation such as rain or snow. Violent storms include the following:

• Blizzard - a severe snowstorm accompanied by strong winds with a minimum speed of 35miles per hour combined with either falling snow or snow on the ground to reduce visibilities to ¼ miles for at least 3 hours.
• Dust Storm - also known as sandstorm is a common phenomenon in dry regions. It is characterized by high winds which carry great clouds of dust, usually in an area that has undergone a long period of drought. Dust storm cause soil loss from the dry lands and they can remove organic matter and the nutrient-rich lightest particles, thereby affecting the agricultural productivity in that region.
• Hurricane - a tropical cyclone (wind that rotates round a calm central area) that originates over the warmer areas. The cyclone is accompanied by thunderstorms and extremely high winds (74 mph) and heavy rains that often inflict extensive damage in coastal areas.
• Ice Storm - is a type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain or freezing drizzle causes a glaze of ice on all exposed objects. It happens when a warm cloud rains above a layer of colder air. This lowers the temperature of the droplets to below zero; however it remains in liquid form. The super cooled droplets freeze into ice on impact when they fall onto a surface.
• Squall - is a sudden, sharp increase in wind speed (18mph - 25mph) that is usually associated with brief (at least 1 minute) and heavy precipitation. This usually occurs in a squall line.

• Thunderstorm or Electric Storm - is a form of weather that is characterized by severe storm accompanied by lighting and thunder, strong gusty winds, heavy rain, and occasionally hail. Sometimes thunderstorms produce tornadoes and waterspouts (a tornado or lesser whirlwind occurring over water and resulting in funnel-shape of rotating cloud-filled wind usually extending from the cumulus cloud down to a cloud of spray torn up by the whirling wind from the surface of an ocean.

• Tornado - a violent, whirling storm of small size, it is usually very destructive. Tornado is formed when huge masses of clouds moving in different directions meet. The air starts to spin in a spiral and a funnel of twisting air, low pressure inside the funnel sucks up anything it touches. It can travel across land at very high speeds and its roaring noise is heard up to 40km away.
• Typhoon - is a tropical cyclone that is similar to a hurricane, except that it occurs over the western Pacific Ocean and its shores.