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What causes a hurricane's storm surge other than a combination of high winds?
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∙ 11y ago
Low pressure also contributes to the storm surge.
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Are tornadoes and hurricanes one storm or the other?
Hurricanes and tornadoes are two different types of storm.
Do storm surges accompany hurricanes?
Hurricanes. The storm surge is caused by high winds offshore pushing the water inland.
Can a hurricane be known as cyclones and typhoons?
In a way. Hurricanes and typhoons are the same type of storm, only occurring in different parts of the world. The term cyclone has a broader definition that includes hurricanes and typhoons, but also other types of storm.
What causes hurricanes to lose energy when it moves on land?
Large bodies of water store an enormous amount of heat energy that feeds the storm. When the storm moves over land, it loses its source of fuel.
What are other names for hurricanes?
They can be called, hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons and willy-willies
Are tornadoes and hurricanes one storm or the other?
Hurricanes and tornadoes are two different types of storm.
A hurricanes storm surge is caused by a combination of high winds and?
low preasure
Why do scientist fly into hurricanes?
They have a barometer and other instruments when they fly into the hurricanes to figure out the pressure and other readings. Wind measurements are used to determine what category a hurricane is. These measurements can be used to help determine structural features withing the storm and can be used in combination with data from satellites and, in some cases, ground-based radar to make predictions about a storm.
Does a hurricane come before a tornado?
No. While many hurricanes do produce tornadoes, most tornadoes are the result of storm systems other than hurricanes. Addtionally, the tornadoes that do form in hurricanes usually form along the front part of the storm.
Do hurricanes have large storm systems?
It would be more accurate to say that hurricanes arelarge storm systems.
What causes the Earth's oceans to rise and fall every six hours?
much of hurricanes...cyclone also '''cause''' storm surges
How do hurricanes change landforms?
Hurricanes can causes significant coastal erosion from waves and storm surge. Heavy rain can cause flooding, which can cause great amounts of erosion around river channels.
What people believed hurricanes were created by a storm God?
What were the people called who believed hurricanes were created by a storm God? Where were the people from?
Can hurricanes cause flood?
because if a hurricane is made of WATER and WATER can make floods
Do storm surges accompany hurricanes?
Hurricanes. The storm surge is caused by high winds offshore pushing the water inland.
Was Ringo Starr in any bands before the Beatles?
He first came to attention as a member of Rory Storm and the Raving Texans, who later became Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He quit the Hurricanes to join the Beatles.
Is a hurricanes like a storm?
yes a tornado in a storm. A severe one.
