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How do you study a hurricane? Meet the fancy tech behind the science
former director of NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and now the deputy assistant administrator for science for NOAA Research. A quest to learn more about hurricanes ...
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Top 5 states hit by hurricanes most often: See how many they've had since 1851
the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory and Hurricane Research Division told USA TODAY. In all, South Carolina tallied 32 hurricanes with five hurricanes with being a Category 3 ...
Explainer-How Hurricanes Cause Dangerous, Destructive Storm Surges
As a hurricane approaches a coast, the churning winds force ocean water up onto land. Atmospheric pressure from the storm also helps squeeze the water ashore. The shallower the continental shelf, the ...
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Storm surge: How hurricanes turn oceans into deadly walls of water
The death toll was estimated between 300,000 and 500,000 people, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone on record, according to the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory ...