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Hurricanes can damage or destroy buildings. Hurricane winds can break windows, tear off roofs, and even cause buildings to collapse. The storm surge of a hurricane can cause water damage to buildings or even completely wash them away.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoStructurally, high-rise buildings are designed to withstand hurricane force winds. However, wind speeds in a storm tend to increase with altitude, so flying debris may be more likely to break windows on higher floors.
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∙ 15y agocompletely rip them up and destroy them, as if they were cardboard or paper
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∙ 12y agoYes. Hurricanes are enormous storm systems, hundreds of miles wide and several miles tall. Tall buildings have no affect on them.
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How does hurricanes affect the community?
hurricanes affects our community by damging crops, damaging buildings including people's home, coastal area's
You are reading about hurricanes to try and answer the question Why are there so many hurricanes these days you are trying to make a inference?
cause-effect
What is directly responsible for the rotation pattern of hurricanes and typhoons?
coriolus effect
Is responsible for the curving path of the winds and the spiraling of hurricanes?
This is the Coriolis Effect.
What phenomenon is responsible for the rotation of large cyclones such as hurricanes?
the Coriolis effect
How do hurricanes effect the land?
they damage buildings,animals shelters,humans shelters
How can you put the word hurricanes in a sentence?
Hurricanes cause a lot of damage when the hit land. Each year many hurricanes cause damage to buildings.
How does hurricanes affect the community?
hurricanes affects our community by damging crops, damaging buildings including people's home, coastal area's
What do hurricanes do to very tall buildings eg CN tower?
knock them over
Is the typhoon destructive?
Yes,Typhoons And Hurricanes can tear Roof of buildings and worst.
What cost so much to fix in hurricanes?
Buildings and electrical lines are some of the things that cost so much to fix in hurricanes. Other pricey items to fix include government buildings, roads, and traffic signals.
How did the Hurricanes Katrina Effect?
It affected it beacuase it did
What part of the world do hurricanes mostly effect?
The troics
Hurricanes effect on plants?
destroys all the plants
You are reading about hurricanes to try and answer the question Why are there so many hurricanes these days you are trying to make a inference?
cause-effect
How do hurricanes effect the atmosphere?
Hurricanes help maintain thermodynamic balance in the atmosphere. Along with other phenomena hurricanes help bring heat out of the tropics and into the higher latitudes.
Do earthquakes have any effect on significant weather events such as hurricanes?
No
