Storms

Storms

Terms that relate to weather changing into dangerous or extreme conditions.

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Spring tide

Weather; Storms

A tide in which the difference between the high and the low tide is the greatest is called spring tide.

Vortex

Weather; Storms

A whirling mass of water or air that sucks everything near it towards its center. Tornadoes are vortexes.

The act of naming tornadoes so that they can be more efficiently forecast, tracked and reported. Unlike hurricanes, tornadoes don't presently have names assigned them because they are usually short ...

Tropical Storm Emily

Weather; Storms

A tropical storm that is forecasted to make landfall on Haiti's southern peninsula and dump torrential rains across a country in which more than 600,000 people are still living without shelter after ...

Hurricane Katia

Weather; Storms

Hurricane Katia, which started as a tropical storm at the southernmost part of the Cape Verde islands, has been slowly gathering strength as it moves westward across the Atlantic. The storm is moving ...

Hurricane Irene

Weather; Storms

An upcoming category three hurricane that is set to hit the east coast of the US late afternoon on the 27th August 2011. Wind speeds are expected to hit 115 miles per hour with a likelihood of ...