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What two main factors affect the height of a hurricane's storm surge?
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What are the factors that affect storm hydrographs?
time vs. flowrate
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.
How will high tide and a full moon affect storm surge with Hurricane Sandy?
When the storm surge of a hurricane comes in at high tide the affect is worse, as the height of the high tide is added to the storm surge to produce a storm tide. The high tide is highest during the full and new moon phases.
What is the type of storm with a calm center?
Typically hurricanes have such a feature. It is called the storm's eye.
Do marshes help protect a coast from hurricanes?
Yes, coastal marshes reduce the height of the storm such, the deadliest part of a hurricane.
What are the factors that affect storm hydrographs?
time vs. flowrate
Are tornadoes and hurricanes one storm or the other?
Hurricanes and tornadoes are two different types of storm.
Do hurricanes have large storm systems?
It would be more accurate to say that hurricanes arelarge storm systems.
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?
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.
Do storm surges accompany hurricanes?
Hurricanes. The storm surge is caused by high winds offshore pushing the water inland.
Is a hurricanes like a storm?
yes a tornado in a storm. A severe one.
How will high tide and a full moon affect storm surge with Hurricane Sandy?
When the storm surge of a hurricane comes in at high tide the affect is worse, as the height of the high tide is added to the storm surge to produce a storm tide. The high tide is highest during the full and new moon phases.
What are hurricanes fatalities caused by?
Most hurricanes fatalities are drownings from the storm surge.
What natural disasters are formed because of hurricanes?
Storm surges are formed during hurricanes.
Are hurricanes and storms the same thing?
No. A hurricane is a type of storm, but most storms are not hurricanes.
