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hurricane
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a huge storm that has rain and winds of over 74 mph
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storm surge
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the flooding caused by hurricanes- this causes more damage than anything else
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extreme weather
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very bad weather (happens pretty often)- blizzards, heavy rainstorms, heat of over 100 degrees
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natural disaster
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weather or something else natural that causes a lot of death and destruction- tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis
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meteorology
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the study of weather
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Saffir-Simpson Scale
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a rating of hurricanes from 1-5 based on the speed of the winds
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Saffir-Simpson Scale
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a rating of hurricanes from 1-5 based on the speed of the winds
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El Nino
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a warm ocean current that flows along the west coast of South America every few years. It may cause extreme weather around the world.
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