The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe thunderstorm and flood warnings.

气象局已经发布了严重的雷雨和洪水警报。

Meanwhile severe thunderstorms are expected in Virginia, the Carolinas and Florida.

同时维吉尼亚、卡罗琳娜和佛罗里达可能发生雷暴雨。

Many schools in the region closed and there are severe thunderstorms in the forecast for the days ahead.

当地许多学校停课，天气预报预测未来几天还会出现数场雷暴天气。

The Electric Zoo musical festival in New York City has been shut down after severe thunderstorms roll through the area tonight.

今晚的Electric Zoo电子音乐节因大暴雨来袭而被迫取消。

The national weather service says there's a high risk of severe thunderstorms tonight from the Ozarks into the Ohio valley region.

国家气象局表示，今晚从奥扎克山脉（Ozarks）到俄亥俄河谷地区，极有可能出现强烈雷暴。

Thanks to the amazing resolution of the GOES-16 satellite, you can see one of the telltale signs of a severe thunderstorm: those little dark splotches.

由于 GOES-16 卫星的惊人分辨率，您可以看到严重雷暴的明显迹象之一：那些黑色的小斑点。

For hailstones that one would typically see in a severe thunderstorm (1-inch to 1.75-inch in diameter), the expected fall speed is between 25 and 40 mph.

直径 1 英寸到 1. 75 英寸） ， 预计下落速度在 25 到 40 英里/ 小时之间。

The U. S. National Weather Service says strong to severe thunderstorm clusters may hit parts of the country's northern and eastern regions, potentially bringing wind gusts, power outages, large hail and possible tornadoes.

美国国家气象局表示，极强的雷暴集群可能袭击该国北部和东部地区的部分地区，带来阵风、停电、大冰雹和龙卷风。

Less than 10 percent of severe thunderstorms produce tornadoes, which makes drawing conclusions about climate change and the processes leading up to them tricky, said Harold Brooks, a tornado scientist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory.

只有不到 10% 的强雷暴会产生龙卷风，这使得得出有关气候变化和导致龙卷风过程的结论变得棘手。