Category: Phenomenon

Before a raindrop hits the ground, it spends an average of 8 days in the air. Large rain drops can accelerate to over 30 km/h. Between 1860 and 1861 in Meghalaya, India, 26,470 mm of rain fell during the year.

A tsunami wave can be 150-250 km long. In 1755, a tsunami wave devastated Lisbon, killing 90,000 people. The tsunami wave created at a great depth of the ocean in the initial phase can travel at speeds of up to 900 km/h.

The largest clouds can be over 18 km thick. Clouds can travel at speeds over 150 km/h. There are different kinds of clouds on every planet in the solar system.