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Weather -- Powerful Storms
What causes such severe weather? Can we prepare ourselves for these disasters? Powerful storms such as thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes are generated when warm, light air rises quickly ... in diameter and are short in duration (normally only a few minutes long). Though these storms are localized, they can be extremely violent. The wind speed inside a tornado's funnel ...
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Weather -- Powerful Storms
Eye of the Storm: Inside a Hurricane In the fall of 1998, Hurricane Mitch ripped ... great. Even with the benefit of forewarning, they are a serious weather threat. [Back to "Powerful Storms"] [Next Topic: "Ice and Snow"] "Weather" is inspired by programs from Planet Earth. Home ...
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Monthly summary for September 1999
Koran during a church service, broadcast on television. - BBC (World) Sep 15: As the powerful hurricane Floyd approaches the south-eastern coast of the United States, some two million people are ... slackens on its way north - BBC Sep 16: Picking up after Floyd - one of the most powerful storms to have been recorded over the Atlantic. - BBC (Americas) Sep 16: Typhoon causes Hong Kong ...
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To date there have been over 50 confirmed sightings. Further reports of him will be recorded as they are made, and it is hoped by members of the ...
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EcoSpeakers.com: Speakers on Water Protection and Conservation
See Mark Dubois and Jacques Leslie. Coasts & Beaches. Rising sea levels and more powerful storms are eroding coastlines and beaches while dams hold back the flow of sand and gravel that historically has renewed them. Coastal development, water pollution, and decline of barrier reefs and islands further degrade our coasts ...
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Basic Information | Beaches | US EPA
A beach is also a sensitive environment that supports a variety of ... both humans and marine animals. When people do not dispose of boat sewage properly or when storms cause sewer overflows, pathogens and nutrients can enter the water, degrading water quality and creating unsafe ...
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Climate change news, C-CIARN Fisheries
Katrina per se, it clearly has created circumstances under which powerful storms like Katrina are more likely to occur now and in the future. Link Fraser River sockeye ... Link posted 24-June-05, updated 6-July-05 New Atlantic weather office takes aim at big storms A year and a half after hurricane Juan tore through Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, ...
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Tire reef off Florida proves a d
They can be swept away by the tides and powerful storms before marine life has a chance to attach. Some scientists also believe the rubber leaches toxins. Virginia tried it several decades ago. But Hurricane Bonnie in 1998 ripped the tires loose, and they washed up in North ...
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More global-warming hot air: Despite skimpy science, pols still tout threat
"Unless we act, we can expect ever more extreme weather - more heat waves, more flooding, more powerful storms and more drought." There's not much that scientists agree on when it comes to ... the global temperature." If the globe were to warm substantially, more droughts, heat waves and severe storms would occur, climate models predict. Has this happened? "Overall there is no evidence that extreme ...
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Science and the Environment Bulletin: Tracking Canada's Deadly Storms
As they make their way ... season. While hurricane forecasting always requires extreme precision due to the concentrated impact of these storms, it is an even greater challenge in northern latitudes because effects vary from one side ...
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