 | Term | Definition |
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hurricane |
a dangerous storm made up of swirling bands of thunderstorms with wind speeds of at least 119 km per hour |
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tropical depression |
a low pressure air mass that forms over warm water and has swirling winds as strong as 61 km per hour |
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storm surge |
water pushed ahead onto shore by the winds outside the eye wall of a hurricane |
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tropical storm |
a low pressure air mass that forms over water and has swirling winds that are more than 61 kph but less than 119 km |
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tornado |
a rapidly spinning column of air that comes down out of a cloud and touches the ground |
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vortex |
a spinning funnel shaped area in a fluid |
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eye |
no rain and little wind |
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ways in which hurricanes can cause damage |
high winds, storm surge, flooding, mudslides |
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fujita scale |
measures wind speed and damage caused by a tornado |
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safety when tornado warning given |
go to the basement or a small room away from windows and outside walls |
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computer models predict this about hurricanes |
wind speed & strength, direction, beginning and possibly ending |
