windstorm
81buran — [bo͞o rän′] n. 〚Russ < Turk〛 a strong NE windstorm of the steppes of Russia and Siberia, bringing blizzards in the winter and hot dust in the summer * * * bu·ran (bo͞o ränʹ) n. A violent windstorm of the Eurasian steppes, accompanied in summer by …
82blow — blow1 /bloh/, n. 1. a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon: a blow to the head. 2. a sudden shock, calamity, reversal, etc.: His wife s death was a terrible blow to him. 3. a sudden attack or drastic action: The invaders struck a blow …
83Citizens Property Insurance Corporation — was created in Florida in 2002 to provide property insurance for home owners who could not obtain insurance elsewhere, an insurer of last resort. It is a government established, not for profit insurer in Florida. It is the largest insurer in the… …
84Cyclone Erwin — Storm type: Extratropical Formed: January 7, 2005 Dissipated: January 9, 2005 Lowest pressure: 970 mbar (28.64 inches) Damages: £1.1bn (2006 GBP) Fatalities: 17 …
85Cyclone Xynthia — Xinthia and Xynthia redirect here, for other uses, see Cynthia Cyclone Xynthia 24 hour animation from 17:00 27 February Formed 26 February 2010 Dissipated …
86Disturbance (ecology) — Damages of storm Kyrill in Wittgenstein, Germany. In ecology, a disturbance is a temporary change in average environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Outside disturbance forces often act quickly and with great… …
87May 2009 Southern Midwest derecho — May 2009 derecho A screenshot from the Paducah, KY radar of the mesoscale convective vortex portion of the derecho near Carbondale, Illinois. This screenshot is from the approximate time the 106 mph (171 km/h) wind gust was recorded at… …
88ORP Orkan (G90) — For other ships of the same name, see ORP Orkan and HMS Myrmidon. Career (United Kingdom) …
89tornado — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wind, windstorm, twister, cyclone, typhoon. See violence, rotation. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. whirlwind, cyclone, twister, hurricane, typhoon, blow; see also storm 1 , wind 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
90whirlwind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. tornado, twister, cyclone, typhoon, hurricane, windstorm. See wind. adj. fast, speedy, headlong, breakneck, dizzying. See velocity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. windstorm, cyclone, tornado, twister, gale,… …
