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faduma

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on: Jul 14, 2018
Describe the various factors that contribute to the destructiveness of hurricane-related storm surge.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In a hurricane, most fatalities occur from
 
  A) winds.
  B) tornadoes.
  C) the storm surge.
  D) freshwater flooding.


Kedrick2014

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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: Two processes create a storm surge, the major one being the piling up of water as heavy winds drag surface waters forward. Strong winds blowing toward a coast force surface waters landward and thereby elevate sea level, while also bringing heavy surf. The low atmospheric pressure in a hurricane also contributes to the storm surge, in the same way that the height of a column of mercury in a barometer responds to variations in atmospheric pressure.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


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