Many Flash Floods, Including Those That Occurred Over Parts of New

question 15

Multiple Choice

Many flash floods, including those that occurred over parts of New England and the mid-Atlantic states during June 2006, and in Colorado's Big Thompson Canyon in July 1976, are the result of thunderstorms that ____.

• A) contain no lightning
• B) form in a dry air mass
• C) move slowly
• D) have weak or non-existent downdrafts

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