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Storm supplies kit

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The onshore rush of sea or lake water caused primarily by the high winds that are associated with a landfalling hurricane, typhoon, or tropical cyclone and secondarily by the low pressure of the storm.

The term tidal surge is often mis-used to describe storm surge, but a storm surge is independent of the usual tidal ebb and flo.

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