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Wind Speeds Sri Lanka
510 words1. Tornadoes travel at an average of 45 mph with a diameter between 150 and 600 meters and maximum wind speeds up to 600 km / hr . Middle latitude cyclones can span across a continent and usually require 2 - 4 days to cross a region. Hurricanes range in speed from 119 km / hr to sometimes over 250 km / hr and average close to 600 km across. 2. The months from August through October are when hurricanes usually strike North America. When the ocean water temperature is warm and combines with the ho...
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Storm Surge Tropical Storms
1,424 wordsWhat is a hurricane? Hurricanes are part of a family of weather systems known as "tropical cyclones. " The word hurricane is from the West Indian word hurricane, meaning "big wind. " A hurricane begins its life as a disorganized storm system, which forms over warm, tropical waters in the Atlantic. When the storm system become more organized, it is classified as a "tropical depression, " and given a number by the National Hurricane Center. If the winds in a tropical depression grow in intensity t...
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Tropical Storm Million Dollars
1,351 wordsMany hurricanes have come and gone, but Hurricane Mitch was the worst hurricane to hit Honduras since the Great Hurricane of 1780. This hurricane devastated not only Honduras but some parts of Central America as well. A lot of the states on the Gulf Coast felt the remnants of Mitch but luckily Mitch was not the Category 5 that hit Honduras. Mitch? s beginning didn? t seem to show its strength and fury until it arrived in the Caribbean. Everything began on October 8, 1998 when a little tropical w...
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National Hurricane Center Atlantic Ocean
1,449 wordsThe term "hurricane" is a name given to violent storms that originate over the tropical or subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or North Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes need warm tropical oceans, moisture and light winds above them in order to maintain themselves active. Those storms other than the ones considered typhoons are known as tropical cyclones, which is the general name for all such storms including hurricanes and typhoons. Hurricanes are named based on ce...
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National Hurricane Center Tropical Storm
1,165 wordsHurricane Hurricane Floyd Floyd Hurricane Hur-ri-cane (n) 1. A tropical cyclone usually involving heavy rains And winds exceeding 74 mph. (119 kph. ) From carib [huracan] What is a hurricane? Encarta defines it as a tropical cyclone with winds up to 74 mph (119 kph. ) To many people it means destruction. Hurricane Floyd caused tremendous destruction to America as well as set it back a few million. Stay with me as we track the storm. Tropical Storm Floyd forms in Atlantic Washington September 8, ...
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Tropical Storm Wind Speeds
2,645 wordsKauia Hurricane Iniki Hurricane Iniki Kauia County, Hawaii consists of the islands of Kauia and Niihau. Kauia is a 555 -square-mile island with a population of about 57, 000 people. Lihue, the largest city on Kauia, is home to an estimated 12, 000 people. Kauia is one of the wettest spots on Earth with an annual rainfall averaging 400 inches. It has seven microclimate's including desert-like conditions on the west to tropical rain forests in the interior. Many species of endangered or threatened...
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Tropical Storms Pacific Ocean
456 wordsTropical CYCLONE formed Hurricanes Hurricanes Tropical CYCLONE formed over the North Atlantic, E North Pacific, W South Pacific, and Indian oceans in which the winds attain speeds greater than 75 mph (121 km / hr ). A tropical cyclone passes through two stages, tropical depression and tropical storm, before reaching hurricane force. An average of 3. 5 tropical storms per year become hurricanes; one to three of these approach the U. S. coast. Hurricanes usually develop between July and October. A...
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Charleston S C Volcanic Eruptions
2,884 wordstrembling or Natural Disasters earthquake, trembling or shaking movement of the earths surface. Most earthquakes are minor tremors. Larger earthquakes usually begin with slight tremors but rapidly take the form of one or more violent shocks, and end in vibrations of gradually diminishing force called aftershocks. The subterranean point of origin of an earthquake is called its focus; the point on the surface directly above the focus is the epicenter. The magnitude and intensity of an earthquake i...
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