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Severe Weather
Question | Answer |
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flood | a large amount of water flowing over land that is usually dry |
flash flood | a sudden, violent flood that occurs within a few hours or even minutes of a storm |
drought | a long period of dry weather |
storm surge | a dome of water that sweeps across the coast where a hurricane lands |
evacuation | leaving an area until it is safe to return |
hurricane | a severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds spiral in toward the low pressure storm center |
tornando | a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground |