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• Hurricanes and Cyclones
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  Storm surge

  A storm surge is an onshore rush of water associated with a low pressure weather system, typically a tropical cyclone. Storm surge is caused primarily by high winds pushing on the ocean's ... > more
• Geography
  Geology
  Earthquakes
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  Orogeny

  Orogeny is the process of mountain building, and may be studied as a tectonic structural event, as a geographical event and a chronological event, in that orogenic events cause distinctive structural ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
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  Mount St. Helens

  Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located 96 miles (154 km) south of the city of Seattle and 53 ... > more
• Snow and Avalanches
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  Global Warming
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  Snow

  Snow is precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes. Snow is commonly formed when water vapor undergoes deposition high in the atmosphere at a ... > more
• Floods
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  Mid-Atlantic United States flood of 2006

  The Eastern United States flooding of June 2006 is a significant flooding event in much of Mid-Atlantic region of the eastern United States. The flooding was very widespread, affecting numerous ... > more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Origin of Life
  Nature
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  Evolution

  In biology, evolution is the change in the inherited traits of a population from generation to generation. These traits are the expression of genes that are copied and passed on to offspring during ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
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  Hurricane Mitch

  Hurricane Mitch was one of the most powerful hurricanes ever observed, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 ... > more

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