GG231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Global Warming, Social Vulnerability, Wind Speed
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Storm wave: larger storm waves are superimposed on the surge and, together with the water itself, are responsible for much of the damage of a hurricane. Over wash: sand eroded from beaches and coastal dunes is carried landward by the storm surge and deposited as over wash. Highest sustained hurricane wind speed that has been measured was 310 kph for example tip in the west pacific in 1979. In 1935 a train carrying veterans working in the florida keys was derailed by high winds. Wind speed in most hurricanes diminish rapidly once they make landfall. Extratropical storms are responsible for the high winds in blizzards and tornadoes in canada and the united states and for deadly windstorms on the great lakes. heavy rains. Average hurricane releases about four trillion liters of water each day. Heaviest rainfalls in history were recorded when hurricanes passed over or near mountainous islands.
