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  2. Effects of Hurricane Katrina in the Southeastern United States

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    While it was crossing the state, the hurricane's convection was asymmetrical, primarily located to the south and east of the center. As a result, high rainfall totals occurred in the Miami area, peaking at 16.43 in (417 mm) in Perrine. The rains caused flooding, and the combination of rains and winds downed trees and power lines, leaving 1.45 ...

  3. List of United States hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    The list, which is sorted by U.S. state, begins in 1851 with the start of the official Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT), as provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Research Division. Since 1851, a total of 306 North Atlantic hurricanes produced hurricane-force winds in 19 states along the Atlantic coast ...

  4. Pacific Northwest windstorm - Wikipedia

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    Pacific Northwest windstorms, sometimes colloquially known as Big Blows, [1] are extratropical cyclones which form in the Pacific basin, and affect land areas in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and British Columbia, Canada. They form as cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure that track across the North ...

  5. List of severe weather phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Phenomena caused by severe thunderstorms. Excessive Lightning. Derecho. Extreme wind (70 mph or greater) Downpours. Heavy rain. Flood, flash flood, coastal flooding. Hail. High winds – 93 km/h (58 mph) or higher.

  6. Severe weather - Wikipedia

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    Severe weather is any dangerous meteorological phenomenon with the potential to cause damage, serious social disruption, or loss of human life. [1][2][3] These vary depending on the latitude, altitude, topography, and atmospheric conditions. High winds, hail, excessive precipitation, and wildfires are forms and effects, as are thunderstorms ...

  7. Portal : Tropical cyclones/Featured article/List of United ...

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    The list, which is sorted by U.S. state, begins in 1851 with the start of the official Atlantic hurricane database (HURDAT), as provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Research Division; the data from 1921 to 1979 is subject to change, due to the lack of official wind speed estimates during the time period.

  8. Singing sand - Wikipedia

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    Singing sand from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia under microscope. Singing sand, also called whistling sand, barking sand, booming sand or singing dune, is sand that produces sound. The sound emission may be caused by wind passing over dunes or by walking on the sand. Certain conditions have to come together to create singing sand:

  9. Effects of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    The storm's high winds and heavy rainfall knocked down or damaged more than 113,000 trees across the state, many of which fell onto power lines, leaving about 2.7 million New Jerseyans without power. [8] [27] The power outages affected 70 water systems and 80 sewage systems. High waters sank 1,400 boats. [26]