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Storms - Hurricanes, Thunderstorms, and Hurricanes (with extra thrown in)

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often from along the frontal boundary of a cold front where cumulonimbus clouds are present   Thunderstorm  
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form over land, often from a severe thunderstorm   Tornado  
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form over warm, ocean waters   Hurricane  
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usually 15 miles wide in diameter; could cover a small city   Thunderstorm  
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usually 300-400 yards wide, but severe ones could be as wide as a mile   Tornado  
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can be hundreds of miles wide   Hurricane  
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can last for 30 minutes to an hour   Thunderstorm  
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can last a short period of time; usually less than 5-10 minutes   Tornado  
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can last for weeks over water, but die quickly once it is over land or cold water   Hurricane  
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can produce winds speeds of 58 miles per hour   Thunderstorm  
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can produce winds speeds that reach 318 miles per hour   Tornado  
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can produce wind speeds of 155+ miles per hour   Hurricane  
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typically consists of heavy rain, lightning, and thunder   Thunderstorm  
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a funnel-shaped cloud of fast moving winds   Tornado  
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a low pressure system that creates intense rain, high winds, and storm surge/flooding   Hurricane  
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a long period of time with below-average amounts of precipitation (bonus ?)   drought  
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a seismic sea wave often caused by undersea earthquakes (bonus ?)   Tsunami  
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a sudden shaking or rolling caused by the movement of the earth's tectonic plates (bonus ?)   Earthquake  
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a rupture of earth's crust that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the ground (bonus ?)   Volcanic eruption  
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