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Other storms that can cause wind damage like hurricanes include tornadoes and derechos
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What is the defining factor that changes a storms status from tropical storm to hurricane?
The difference between tropical storms and Hurricanes are simply the strength and/or size. Some tropical storms strengthen, and develop into Hurricanes, while some Hurricanes, as they weaken, fall into the area of tropical storms.
Do hurricanes occur on mars?
No. While there are strong storms on Mars, some of which are cyclonic, none of them have the right characteristics to be called hurricanes.
Are natural disasters also storms?
No. Only some are. Blizzard, hurricanes and tornadoes are storms, but earthquakes, floods, and volcanic eruptions are not.
What are some rainforest catastrophes?
Catastrophic events such as floods, hurricanes, and mild tornadoes occur in a rainforest.
Do storms turn?
Some do. Tropical cyclones (hurricanes, typhoons etc.), extratropical cyclones/lows, Some thunderstorms (mostly supercells), and tornadoes are all storms that rotate.
Why are there strong hurricanes in California?
Hurricanes only affect extreme southern California, and then rarely. The peninsula of Baja California, part of Mexico, experiences storms that form along the coast of Central America, in warm tropical waters. Some storms are created by Caribbean hurricanes that struggle across the mountainous terrain and reform in the Pacific. These storms follow the warm currents along the Mexican coast, and sometimes turn east and make landfall there. Other storms continue out into the Pacific toward Hawaii.
What is the Christmas weather in Mexico?
Mainly hot and dry inland. Some coastal storms and hurricanes.
What are some of the terms used in reference to hurricanes?
The name of a violent tropical storm is given based on the size of the storm. Some tropical storms are known as hurricanes, some are known as typhoons, and some are known as cyclones.
Can dust storms cause fires or hurricanes?
Dust storms cannot cause hurricanes, though some can have hurricane force winds. In fact, when dust storms blow out to seas they can actually suppress hurricane formation. There have been a few cases where dust storms started fires. In some of those cases there was salt mixed in with the dust, this causes power lines to short circuit and catch fire.
What are the names of the tropical storms that did not form into hurricanes?
Some examples of tropical storms that did not develop into hurricanes include Tropical Storm Barry (2019), Tropical Storm Erin (2019), Tropical Storm Olga (2019), and Tropical Storm Imelda (2019). However, there are many other tropical storms throughout history that did not intensify into hurricanes.
What are some natural events you can cause people great problems?
,storms,tronados,Hurricanes,lighting, valcanoes,wind
What examples can you give for extreme weather?
Some examples would be hurricanes, tornadoes, snow storms, thunderstorms, lightning strikes, blizzards, heat waves, monsoons, torrential rain, dust storms, and perhaps extremely dry or humid weather.
