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Pacific storm
* Most Pacific storms move in a northwesterly direction and die in cooler waters.
* are always a concern for people who plan to live or travel in the islands.
* can enter anywhere along the west coast.

Powerful storm
* Most powerful storms have wind.
* can roar across the land bringing tornadic winds and drenching rainfall.

Sand storm
* are of frequent occurrence.
* can act like sand blasters if the wind is moving fast enough.

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Severe storm
* Many severe storms contain tornadoes and they all have lightning, which are life-threatening.
* Most severe storms accelerate erosion
  - bring wind
  - can have impact
  - hit environments
* Most severe storms occur in environments
  - shear environments
* Some severe storms cause snowfall.
* affect many coastal regions during the winter and, to a lesser extent, in summer.
* are most likely in the late afternoon but they can happen at any time, day or night
  - the most frequently occurring hazard in Australia, particularly Queensland
* can happen quickly and sometimes without warning.
  - tremendous impact
  - occur anywhere in Australia and cause more damage than any other natural hazard
  - play havoc with beaches, usually on a temporary basis
  - produce a variety of threatening weather
  - strike unexpectedly, even with today's advance technology used by meteorologists
* cause problems.
* occur frequently on the sea, particularly during the winter season.
* tend to be nonrecurrent and are difficult to predict.

Snow storm
* Most snow storms fall as rain
* Some snow storms cause crashes.
* can arise in a matter of hours even in summer.
* keep mushers on the coast breaking trail.
* occur seven or eight times a year.

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Snowstorm
* Most snowstorms affect nations.
* Most snowstorms are accompanied by strong wind
  - dump snow
* Most snowstorms have cold temperature
  - high wind
* Most snowstorms have strong cold wind
  - occur in places
* Most snowstorms provide seasonal accumulation
  - snowfall accumulation
* Some snowstorms can have wind.
* Some snowstorms turn to freeze rain
  - meteorology
  - sometimes heavy
* can occur in New England, but the frequency is much lower than normal.
* disrupt traffic, but blizzards make any kind of travel nearly impossible.
* generally occur in the evening and are sometimes heavy.
* hit regions.
* includes storm centers.
  - when two different fronts collide
* provide accumulation
  - total accumulation

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Severe snowstorm
* Most severe snowstorms have cold temperature
* Most severe snowstorms have strong cold wind

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Solar storm
* Most solar storms affect space weather
* are a variety of eruptions of mass and energy from the solar surface
  - responsible for many dramatic events
* can cause geomagnetic storms which sometimes have serious affects on the Earth
  - damage spacecraft and interfere with power systems on Earth
  - dramatically increase the amount of radiation to which the cameras are exposed
  - vary
* compress the exosphere.
* destroy ozone, study reconfirms.
* induce disturbances in electrical conductors.
* result from a number of factors.
+ Earth's magnetic field, Characteristics, Magnetosphere: Earth :: Magnetism
  * The magnetosphere is created by the magnetic field. It is the area around the Earth that acts as a shield against the harmful particles in solar wind. The magnetosphere has many different layers and structures, and solar wind shapes each of these layers. The interaction of solar wind and the magnetosphere also causes the Northern and Southern Lights to appear. The magnetosphere is very important in protecting the Earth against solar storms which increase solar wind activity. Solar storms can cause geomagnetic storms which sometimes have serious affects on the Earth.