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| An event that results from Earth processes and that can cause damage and endanger human life |
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| Relating to an event that brings terrible loss or lasting distress |
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| An even that results from human decisions or errors that leads to large amounts of damage and/or significant loss of life |
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| Rock and soil slide quickly down a slope |
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| Rapid downhill movement of a mixture of water, rock, and soil |
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| A rotating column of air spinning at destructively high speeds, usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped downward extention of a cloud |
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| An overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry |
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| A long period of abnormally low rainfall, especially one that adversely affects growing or living conditions |
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| A raging, rapidly spreading fire |
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| A tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 39-73 mph |
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| A servere tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving at 74+ mph |
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| Water that is pushed toward to shore by the force of winds swirling around the storm |
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| Hurricane conditions are likely for a location within 36 hours |
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| Hurricane conditions are likely for a location within 24 hours |
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| A standard scale for rating the serverity of Hurricanes as a measure of the damage they cause |
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