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Horrible Historic Weather Events
Tornado-Ohio 2002 Horrible Historic Weather Events Severe, damaging, life threatening weather. By: Kaylana Adair Hurricane Katrina- 2006 Wildfire-CA 1946
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Hurricane Katrina What it looked like…
When Hurricane Katrina struck the east coast… What it looked like… When Hurricane Katrina hit the east coast in 2005, it was the most deadliest, most destructive cyclone coming from the Atlantic. It was one of the top 5 deadliest hurricanes in United States history! How we got the hurricane that was this dangerous… The highest winds was 174 mph! The lowest air pressure was 902! A very dangerous type of weather! As you can see, the hurricane started to form around Florida, or the southeast part of America, and it made it’s way up towards us. Hurricane Katrina
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The Jarrell Tornado F5 Tornado
The Jarrell Tornado was an F5 tornado. It hit the town of Jarrell, TX 1997. They are formed by two air masses “chasing around each other”, which creates a funnel.
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Tsunami In The Philippines How tsunamis are formed.
Tsunamis are formed by earthquakes under the sand of the sea. Earthquakes make the ground rumble, right? Well if it’s a severe earthquake it can make the sea floor rumble so hard, it makes a huge wave which is called a tsunami. There are lots of tsunamis where there are islands. Like Indonesia for instance. They get hit buy tsunamis all the time! Tsunami
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Blizzards Blizzards is not just snow falling from the sky causing snow days for kids. Blizzards can last up to 2 days! Maybe even more. Blizzards also don’t just happen at one state. They happen at multiple states at the same time! We get blizzards because the temperature is probably lower than 32 degrees Fahrenheit [freezing point on the Fahrenheit scale]. It also happens because the air pressure is low too.
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Thunder Storms How they form Thunder storms A.K.A electrical storms…
Thunder storms is a form of severe weather, characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on Earth’s atmosphere known as thunder. Did you know lightning is electricity? Well it is just in the sky! Thunder storms are Formed 1st in nimbus and stratus clouds, then start to form cumulonimbus clouds. Then it’s most likely to slightly rain then heavy rain. Thunder Storms
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Facts Did you know? Damaging Number
Did you know that a tornado is otherwise known for a cyclone? Do you know what a cyclone is? A cyclone is a dangerously, high, strong wind. Such as a… TORNADO! Hurricanes are most likely to happen down near Florida. Where it is nice and tropical and of course, near a body of water. Hurricanes form over water. That’s why the middle states, where there is no water near, get tornadoes instead of hurricanes. The top number of tornado damage is 81.7 out of 100. The top number of hurricane damage is 48.7 depending on the hurricane but this is average. The top damaging number of a tsunami is 72.4 out of 100 The top damaging number of a wildfire is 83.1. The top damaging number of a blizzard is 3.4. The top damaging number for thunder storms is 3.7. Facts
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QUIZ The pop quiz! Hurricane Tsunami
Tornado Wildfire 1. What is this picture about to form? Blizzard Hurricane Wildfire Tornado 2. What is this picture about to form? Thunder storm Hurricane Tornado Blizzard QUIZ The pop quiz! 3. What is this picture about to form?
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