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Are hurricanes kind of like a mix between tsunamis and tornadoes?
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∙ 12y ago
In some ways they can be thought of that way, though that concept is not quite accurate.
While both a tornado and a hurricane involve low pressure and powerful, rotating winds a hurricane is several orders of magnitude larger than a tornado and is its own storm system.
In both a hurricane (through what is called the storm surge) and a tsunami seawater moves onto land. Like a tsunami a hurricane also involves large waves. However, a tsunami is far more violent and travels further inland than a storm surge or storm driven waves of the same height.
Overall a hurricane is more close related to a tornado as they are both weather events, though of very different sorts while a tsunami is produced by geologic forces.
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Different kind of weather disturbances?
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What kind of air pressure is related to storms such as tornadoes and hurricanes?
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What kind of natural disasters caused homelessness?
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