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An earthquake happens when the ground shakes and splits open, damaging buildings and roadways
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A fault is a crack in the crust where the two sides slide past each other.
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A tsunami is a series of huge ocean waves caused by an earthquake
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A volcano is an opening in Earth’s crust that allows super-heated materials from beneath the crust to reach the surface
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Hurricanes are formed in the ocean when the clouds carry massive amounts of water, which then falls as rain. As the storm gets stronger, wind speed increases
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A blizzard is snowstorm with high winds
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A tornado is a funnel-shaped windstorm that reach from clouds all the way to the ground
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Avalanche is the sudden sliding of snow, ice, and rock down a slope
