WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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What types of weather hazards did pioneers face?
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Mountain ranges, rivers, and deserts
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Sickness or disease
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Fights with Native Americans
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Spring floods, winter snows, and tornadoes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Floods are the most common and widespread of all weather-related natural disasters. Flash floods are the most dangerous kind of floods, because they combine the destructive power of a flood with incredible speed.
Detailed explanation-2: -Thunderstorms cause most of the severe spring weather. They can bring lightning, tornadoes, and flooding. Whenever warm, moist air collides with cool, dry air, thunderstorms can occur. For much of the world, this happens in spring and summer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Intense climate-related disasters-floods, storms, droughts, and heat waves-have been on the rise worldwide.
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