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and sometimes the storms form with other storms and create severe rainfall the water will rise very fast. Some hurricanes last for a couple hours some last for days. The high winds can easily destroy buildings trees and anything in its way. Other effects from a hurricane is ripe tids.
The flood water weights 1,700 pound hammering away at the structures near the coast line.Tornadoes spawn in intense hurricanes or by landfall. The power of a hurricane could power the united states for a three years

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