Translation for '
storm surge' from English to Finnish
NOUN | a storm surge | storm surges | |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- They were carried by the storm surge for most of the length of the tunnel to its exit at the Vltava river.
- How much a dune erodes during any storm surge is related to its location on the coastal shoreline and the profile of the beach during a particular season.
- The best-known example is the small seaport of Rungholt, which was destroyed by a storm surge in 1362.
- The barrier protects central London against a storm surge, caused when a deep depression forms to the north of Scotland and progresses across the North Sea and south-easterly towards southern Scandinavia.
- After the North Sea flood of 1953, it was decided to close off the Oosterschelde by means of a dam and a storm surge barrier.
- The aim of the dams, sluices, and storm surge barriers was to shorten the Dutch coastline, thus reducing the number of dikes that had to be raised.
- Since it is a seaside city, Huntington Beach has had tsunami warnings, storm surge (its pier has been rebuilt three times), sewage spills, tornadoes and waterspouts.
- On August 29, 2005, storm surge from Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic failure of the federally designed and built levees, flooding 80% of the city.
- However, though the island and peninsula provide some shielding, the bay shoreline still faces significant danger from storm surge.
- Early techniques included analog computers (such as the Ishiguro Storm Surge Computer) generally now replaced by numerical methods (e.g.
- While tropical cyclones can produce extremely powerful winds and torrential rain, they are also able to produce high waves and a damaging storm surge.
- It should be distinguished from a simple storm surge where no oscillation is present.
- A flood occurs when an area of land, usually low-lying, is covered with water which occurs when a river overflows its banks or a storm surge happens.
- ] storm surge and waves directly into the lagoon inflicting major damage.
- The storm surge resulting from a tropical cyclone can dramatically shift coral debris.
- One well-circulated but unevidenced answer to the paradox is that Pytheas was referring to a storm surge.
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