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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

astronomical tide: refers to the rise and fall of water due solely to gravitational interactions between the Earth, Moon, and Sun hurricane: tropical cyclone originating in the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific Oceans that have sustained winds of 74 mph (119 kph) or higher low-pressure system: lower pressure at the center of a storm, often forming clouds and precipitation mudslide: a common type of fast-moving landslide that tends to flow in channels tornado: a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system

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