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Why are hurricanes considered more damaging than tornadoes when tornados have stronger winds? a. Hurricanes only strike coastlines while tornados strike coasts and inland. b. Hurricanes also cause flooding and occur over a broader area. c. Tornadoes move more slowly than hurricanes. d. Tornadoes only occur inland, away from coastlines.



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SchwarzschildRadius
Well,

We call something damaging when it affects us humans.  In that sense, then, hurricanes that occur far away from the coastlines would not be considered "damaging."

Option A would not support the argument.
Option D would not support the argument either.

We know that hurricanes cause flooding (because they occur near the coastlines) and that they are (hundreds of times) bigger than tornadoes, so Option B is correct.
AL2006

A tornado lasts a few hours, and affects people and things in an area that's
a few hundred yards wide and maybe a few tens of miles long.

A hurricane lasts weeks, and can affect people and things in an area that's
a few hundred miles across and a few thousand miles long.

The hurricane is the tortoise to the tornado's hare.


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