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 Translation for 'storm surge' from English to Finnish
NOUN   a storm surge | storm surges
meteo.
myrskyvuoksi {noun}
storm surge
Partial Matches
meteo.
ukkosilma {noun}
thunderstorm <t-storm, T STORM, tl>
aaltoillato surge
elektr.
ylijännitesuoja {noun}
surge protector
elektr.
ylijännitesuoja {noun}
surge arrester
meteo.
rajuilma {noun}
storm
meteo.
myrsky {noun}
storm
meteo.
myrskyvuoksi {noun}
storm tide
meteo.vakuut.
myrskyvahinko {noun}
storm damage
naut.
myrskyfokka {noun}
storm jib
meteo.
myrskyvaroitus {noun}
storm warning
meteo.
talvimyrsky {noun}
winter storm
orn.T
merikeiju {noun} [Hydrobates pelagicus]
(European) storm-petrel
meteo.
syysmyrsky {noun}
fall storm [Am.]
meteo.
syysmyrsky {noun}
autumn storm [Br.]
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Usage Examples English
  • 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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