Thunderstorm in Quixada
Flying Culture

Meteorology: Surviving 13m/s cloudsuck in Brazil

21 November, 2016

Thunderstorm in Quixada

What would you do if you were screaming skywards at 13m/s? Our resident meteorologist Honza Rejmanek explains just what’s going on in big one cloud in Brazil.

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