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A cloud can weigh around a million pounds
A typical fair-weather cumulus cloud can contain roughly 1.1 million pounds of water.
Why it is true
That water is divided among an enormous number of tiny droplets spread through a large volume of air. Rising and turbulent air keeps the droplets suspended until they combine and become heavy enough to fall.
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