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Compare And Contrast Floods And Hurricanes
A Natural Disaster gathering stream within six hours of the events that created it, or a rapid rise of fast moving water that is extremely dangerous moving at 10 mph with wind speeds of 270 mph (434). On the other hand, you have a combination of fast moving swirling winds and rain with wind speeds of at least 74 mph. These two natural disasters are called floods and hurricanes. In contrast, floods moving at 10mph and being a common natural disaster that can affect millions of people around the world. Next, hurricanes, a storm with a violent wind causing havoc all around the world moving at wind speeds of 74 mph, and in similarity, both two dangerous natural disasters formed with wind and rain, but which one is deadliest?

To begin with, floods in contrast to hurricanes move at 10 mph with wind speeds of 270 mph and affecting millions around the world. Floods can cause tremendous amounts of damage. Not only can floods cause damage to people and their homes but also immense damage to the Earth itself. They cause damage to Earth by making land fertile, carrying away valuable soil and overflowing rivers. Also floods destroy people’s homes and buildings, and they contaminate drinking water making it impossible to consume and leading to disease.
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Hurricanes are dangerous because they have high winds, torrential rains and storm surges. Hurricanes can have winds that range from 74 to 155 miles per hour or more. The petrifying destruction caused by hurricanes is almost indescribable. This type of destruction includes uprooting trees which can crush homes and buildings, knocking down power lines, and putting people in extreme

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