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A
hurricane that causes extreme damage to everything. The wind strength
is between 131-155 miles per hour and the storm surge is from
13-18 feet.
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The transfer of
heat by the mass movement of heated particles into an area of
cooler fluid.
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A huge "dome" of
ocean water that can be 20 feet tall and 50 to 100 miles wide.
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A unit of atmospheric
pressure equal to one thousandth of a bar; "atmospheric pressure
at sea level is 1013 millibars"
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Trade Winds
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