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What's the difference between subtropical storm and tropical storm?

Both subtropical and tropical storms bring similar impacts on land, including rain, high winds, storm surge, dangerous surf and potential flooding.

What's the difference between a hurricane making a direct hit and landfall?

Hurricane Lowell is expected to make a rare, direct hit on Hawaii, bringing heavy rain, flash flooding, gusty winds and ...
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Hurricane, tropical storm and tropical depression: What's the difference?

There are a ton of weather terms that might be easy to confuse including hurricanes, tropical depressions and tropical storms. Here’s the difference. RV crashes into building, 3 people hurt Texas ...
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How was Lala a hurricane on Hawaiʻi Island but a tropical storm for Oʻahu?

An explanation of why a single storm, such as Hurricane Lala, can be classified differently as both a hurricane and a ...
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Tropical Storm & Hurricane watches v. warnings: What’s the difference?

HONOLULU (KHON2) -- When a tropical storm or hurricane may be coming to Hawaii, weather officials use watches and warnings to tell people what conditions could happen. At first, tropical storm watch, ...