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    Hurricanes and tornadoes are absolutely two of the strongest storms known to man. Both of these storms have many attributes. These two can grow completely massive compared to us‚ but not each other. Also all around the U.S. people are affected by these storms. To start off‚ you will need to know what a hurricane and a tornado looks like. Beginning with hurricanes‚ they have absolutely super heavy rains. Tornadoes do form from thunder storms‚ but they don’t have as strong rains. Hurricanes have some

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    Discuss the impacts of storm events in the British Isles and evaluate the response to them (40) The British Isles have variable weather‚ which may differ from day to day and many storms can pass unnoticed. They regularly experience stormy weather from depressions mainly originating in the Atlantic and move East to the UK due to its location at about 50 degrees north where the Polar Jet Stream will often cross over bringing these unpredictable weather systems. Depressions are areas of low atmospheric

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    hurricanes and what they can do. Hurricanes are big‚ rainy‚ and windy storms that usually happen in places around the world on the coast. Hurricanes are exciting‚ dangerous‚ and interesting all at the same time but there are many things that are included with them that we never could have guessed‚ similar to the things that they explain in Scholastic’s article‚ “ How Dangerous are they?” hurricanes are some interesting storms. Hurricanes are expressed in many different ways that we probably never

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    Hurricane Katrina Have you heard of a Hurricane? They are a type of three tropical storms. The word hurricane is from the Mayan storm god Hurakan was famous for helping create humanity and for being like wind and storms. Hurricanes like Katrina‚ Andrew‚ Sandy‚ and Inged and lots of others. Could be able to reach a diameter of 100 km-1500 km ‚and would be whirling around so I would stay a satisfactory distance away. Also it could have a chance to reach a rotation speed of 350km/hour isn’t that

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    reoccurrence of a storm. The scenery after Arthur died was people drinking their sadness away‚ some crying and in shock. “The snow was almost abstract‚ a film about bad weather on a deserted street.”(Mandel 15) The storm as it is described outside the theater can add to the scene‚ as the day ended with the death of Arthur. As seen in movies‚ on TV or read in other novels‚ almost every time something terrible occurs‚ the weather usually has a connection with what is happening. The storm appears again

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    out‚ it’s important to know how these storms start. For a hurricane to start you have to have some type of warm water source and winds that are blowing in the same direction that the hurricane is going‚ after the main ingredients comes the transformation of the rain clouds and wind. The transformation‚ is the change into a tropical disturbance‚ after more wind and more clouds building comes the transformation into a depression‚ the depression becomes a storm when winds reach 39 mph or over‚ after

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    INTRODUCTION If you don’t already know what a hurricane is‚ well just keep reading because this is going to provide you the information you need about hurricanes. What Is A Hurricane? A hurricane is a spinning storm that starts to form in the ocean. Hurricanes are most common on the east side of the United States‚ well if you DON’T know where east is it’s the State of Florida is at‚ let me guess you don’t where is Florida is… if you don’t well just check the map of the U.S. Anywho hurricanes can

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    motion. All hurricanes‚ big or small‚ start at winds around 75 mph. Once a hurricane starts‚ it feeds on warm water. Warm water is not necessary for a hurricane‚ but it makes the hurricane bigger and stronger. The worst part of the storm is the eyewall‚ where big storms produce winds of at most 350 mph. Then‚ Hurricane Katrina strikes. In New Orleans on August 29‚ 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina started as a tropical depression‚ turning into a Hurricane. When Katrina hit Florida‚ it was a category 3

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    1938 was a very powerful storm. There were many deaths and a lot of destruction.There were some conditions that made the storm bad like conditions‚ human error and large waves. The way the Hurricane hit the Eastern U.S was a surprise to all. The storm started somewhere off the coast of Africa as a tropical storm. It started small but grew as it moved across the West Atlantic Ocean at 20 mph. Soon the winds reaches 74 mph.The tropical storm had become a hurricane. The storm kept growing as it moved

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    violent storms and lot of rain. They also both form in circular patterns. Hurricanes and tornados are both categorized by wind speed from 1-5. One of the few similarities they have is destruction. They are very dangerous to people‚ animals and buildings. Tornados are very dangerous. They can form in minutes‚ and occur almost anywhere over land. Some tornadoes can pick up fire if the conditions are right‚ though they only stay that way for a few minutes. Most tornadoes come with storms and sometimes

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