The ocean keeps coming because of climate change, sea level rise, nor'easters, hurricanes, et cetera.
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Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
8 July 2023
That morning, around 6, authorities found O'Keefe on the ground outside the Canton home just before a nor'easter struck the town with 21 inches of snow.
First, through a combination of weaker trade winds and westerlies over the tropical Atlantic, La Niña tends to create a more placid atmosphere.
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Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
20 May 2024
Their modest city saw an influx of evacuees from nearby rural and coastal regions soon after hot westerlies sent walls of flame into a string of towns and villages around New Year's Eve.
Critics of the earlier rounds of testing said wind measurements taken at Drake Field airport in Fayetteville were too far away to be valid in Tontitown.
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Doug Thompson,
Arkansas Online,
2 May 2025
The severe thunderstorms are expected in the afternoon to evening and could also bring corridors of strong wind gusts and hail, the largest of which will come over central Texas, the Storm Prediction Center said.
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