True or False Statements 27. Hail kills more people worldwide than any other wea

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True or False Statements

27. Hail kills more people worldwide than any other weather hazard.

28. The parts of the human body that freeze first when caught unprepared in a blizzard are the fingers, toes, ears, and nose.

29. The National Weather Service does not currently issue hail - specific watches.

30. The intensity and frequency of snowstorms increase from south to north in the Northern Hemisphere.

31. Hail rings may be formed by the varying rates of accretion.

32. The area of a hail swath is smaller than the area of a hail streak.

33. The Great Lakes of the United States are the only inland bodies of water that produce lake effect snows.

34. A blizzard warning is issued by the National Weather Service when winds are expected to exceed 35 mph and visibility in snow is expected to be less than ¼ mile for at least 3 hours.

35. The highest frequency blizzard belt is enclosed between the climatological track of the cyclones that form east of the northern Rockies in Alberta and the climatological track of those that form east of the southern Rockies in Colorado.

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Question 27

Answer: False

Hail kills more people worldwide than any other weather hazard is a false statement because hail cannot kill more people worldwide than any other weather hazard. Generally earthquakes, Tsunamis and hurricanes are major weather hazards these all can kill more people worldwide than any other weather hazard.

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