hurricane is‚ what was the damage caused‚ and how meteorologists track the hurricane. It got up to a category five and the top wind speeds were 175 mph. It was one of the worst‚ most disastrous hurricane of all time. What is a hurricane and how does it form? A hurricane is a type of severe weather that can rip houses to shreds and destroy many things with their strong winds. Hurricane Andrew formed just like any other hurricane. Tropical waters under 20 degrees. Then 80 degree ocean temperature for
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information‚ from a not very technical perspective. Weather and Climate Before we begin‚ let’s differentiate between weather and climate. Weather is the state of your local atmosphere at any given time‚ in terms of such measurements as temperature‚ wind speed‚ air pressure‚ precipitation‚ etc. Weather is very specific - it’s about a particular place at a particular time. It varies on a relatively small scale - for example‚ it could be raining in your area‚ while it’s dry 10 miles away. It could be
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girders however did not allow the wind to pass through as the trusses did so it moved a lot and got the nickname of "Galloping Gertie." The bridge collapsed on November 7‚ 1940 due to winds plus a broken cable in the middle of the bridge which made it unbalanced. The wind would come up and under the bridge and get it in a motion where it turned one way and then bounced back and the wind would hit it there. It sent it into a twisting motion till it broke into pieces. The winds started at 35 mph that day
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| warm air. | Scientists predict that the American Southwest will experience ____________ in precipitation over the present century. Answer | | a decrease | | | an increase | The Santa Ana wind is an example of a Answer | | chinook-type wind. | | | katabatic wind. | | | mountain breeze. | | | valley breeze. | | | sea breeze. | A squall line contains which type of clouds? Answer | | cirrus |
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and manageable but there are some that are uncontrollable and potentially deadly. One of these surprisingly dangerous abnormalities is called Hurricanes. A hurricane is an intense‚ rotating oceanic weather system that possesses maximum sustained winds exceeding 74 mph. It forms and intensifies over tropical oceanic regions. Hurricanes are generally smaller than storms in mid-latitudes‚ typically about 311 miles in diameter. At the ocean’s surface‚ the air spirals inward in a counterclockwise direction
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A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of two hundred and fifty miles per hour or more. Damage paths can be more than one mile wide and fifty miles long. In an average year‚ eight hundred tornadoes are reported nationwide‚ resulting in eighty deaths and over one thousand five hundred injuries. In the body of my essay‚ I will tell you about types of tornadoes
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just the wind. Suddenly the windows and lights started shaking and I heard a strange whisper coming from the bathroom alley‚ my heart missed a beat I was horrified. The whisper turned into horrendous sounds of pain at the same moment there was a cacophony of different sounds; crashing‚ hissing‚ roaring‚ squealing‚ and rumbling. I got the courage and stood up. I opened the door but it was pitch dark‚ so I could not see anything as I moved out into the corridor I felt the full force of the wind slam like
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novel‚ The Street‚ the wind wreaks havoc on the city and puts the city and its pedestrians in an overwhelming and chaotic state. The wind is the antagonist in the story as it tortures the pedestrians with its pesky ways and coldness. The wind establishes a negative relationship between Lutie Johnson and the urban setting and Pettry’s use of literary devices aptly displays this relationship. Petry starts out by letting the reader know there as “a cold November wind”. This wind terrorizes the street
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strong heavy winds and tornadoes have very strong winds. You do not want to be stuck in a tornado or hurricane because they have killed a lot of people over all of these years. Each year they do a lot of damage to they do more damage than people killed each year. First of all‚ tornadoes and hurricanes destroy homes‚ cars‚ and building. All tornadoes are cone-shaped they all are fast and are very fast‚ strong‚ and have very heavy winds‚ but not only tornadoes have very strong winds and very strong
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have winds as 119 km per hour or higher to be considered a hurricane. They can come towards the land. They can also damage any trees or buildings nearby that interfere with it. It creates a wall of water that can cause floods. Those water walls are called a storm surges.
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