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Storm Surge Storm Surge
Storm surge A storm surge is a rise in water level caused by a combination of wind and low atmospheric pressure. It is the most destructive force of a hurricane (an intense cyclone that forms over warm tropical oceans; called a typhoon when it occurs in the western Pacific Ocean and adjacent... Read more
atmospheric dust atmospheric dust
atmospheric dust minute particles slowly settling or suspended by slight currents and existing in varying amounts in all air. There is least dust at high levels over the ocean and most at low levels over cities; dust from smoke is a serious urban problem (see air pollution ). Sources of... Read more
landslide landslide
landslide rapid slipping of a mass of earth or rock from a higher elevation to a lower level under the influence of gravity and water lubrication. More specifically, rockslides are the rapid downhill movement of large masses of rock with little or no hydraulic flow, similar to an avalanche .... Read more
air mass air mass
air mass large body of air within the earth's atmosphere in which temperature and humidity, although varying at different heights, remain similar throughout the body at any one height. Air masses form over parts of the earth's surface called source regions, which are large bodies of water or... Read more
eddy eddy
eddy, a spiralling movement of water which occur at all spatial scales, from a few centimetres up to hundreds or even thousands of kilometres. Eddies play an important role in transferring heat and energy horizontally and vertically both in the ocean and in the atmosphere. In the ocean they contain... Read more
thunderstorm thunderstorm
thunderstorm violent, local atmospheric disturbance accompanied by lightning , thunder , and heavy rain, often by strong gusts of wind, and sometimes by hail . The typical thunderstorm caused by convection occurs when the sun's warmth has heated a large body of moist air near the ground. This... Read more
tornado tornado
tornado dark, funnel-shaped cloud containing violently rotating air that develops below a heavy cumulonimbus cloud mass and extends toward the earth. The funnel twists about, rises and falls, and where it reaches the earth causes great destruction. The diameter of a tornado varies from a few feet... Read more
San Fernando San Fernando
San Fernando , city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. The city was established in 1806 to replace the port of Las Conchas, which had been destroyed by a storm. An important landmark is the Juan N. Madero... Read more
hurricane hurricane
hurricane tropical cyclone in which winds attain speeds greater than 74 mi (119 km) per hr. Wind speeds reach over 190 mi (289 km) per hr in some hurricanes. The term is often restricted to those storms occurring over the N Atlantic Ocean; the identical phenomenon occurring over the W Pacific... Read more

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The making of a monster; The story of the megastorm that ravaged Comfrey and...
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ...pushing warm wet air up from the...the two air masses, trouble...for a strong spring storm," Kavinsky...morning that storm wasn't evident...that the big storm would...colliding ...

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