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How can freezing rain can cause power failures?
It can hit a power line or a cable box thing
How can frezing rain cause power failures?
Freezing rain and heavy snow cause power failures by building up on overhead power lines, overburdening them. They either snap the line from the weight or come loose from their connectors to the poles and come down.
What kind of damage does freezing rain cause on people?
we just wathced a movie about it in my science class: Freezing rain will layer on everything and get several inches thick. this will cause power outages and make it so transportion is impossible. all electircal lines and things will eventually fall over and break if it gets to heavy. hope this helps!!
What is happening to cause changes from snow to sleet to freezing rain?
Global warming
How can freezing rain cause electrical power outs?
The sleet clings to power lines and transformers. As the weight of this ice builds up, it breaks the line away from the power pole. It also knocks branches from trees which can also break the power lines.
What temp does freezing rain occur?
Freezing rain occurs when the temputer ins below freezing
How does it change for snowfall or freezing rain?
When it gets above freezing when it rains then it gets below freezing it causes freezing rain.
Compare and contrast freezing rain and sleet?
Sleet falls to the ground already frozen. Freezing rain doesn't freeze until it comes in contact with grounds or power lines that are below 32 degrees.
What term describe rain that freeze when it hit the earth surface?
Freezing rain Sleet
What was the first year there was freezing rain in us?
There has always been freezing rain.
How is rain different from freezing rain?
Freezing rain is composed of super-cooled waterwhich freezes on contact with any freezing surface, forming glaze ice.Ordinary rain has a temperature above freezing and will not instantly turn to ice.
Water drops that fall when the temperature is above freezing?
rain because if its above freezing then it wont be snow or freezing rain because they would freeze below freezing and not above freezing:)
