Below is a list of typical job descriptions for our retail locations. The UPS Store associates are employees or independent contractors of the independently owned and operated The UPS Store franchisees and are not employees or independent contractors of The UPS Store. Inc., or UPS. Center Manager.
The sustained and powerful winds of a hurricane will cause salty ocean water to pile up and surge onshore. These âstorm surgesâ can be huge. Hurricane Ireneâs surges brought water levels that were as much as 8 feet above normal high tide and Katrina pushed a 30 foot high surge onto the coast.
Another effect of hurricanes is heavy flooding that can stretch for hundreds of miles. Often the most devastating effect of a hurricane is the storm surge, which is an abnormal rise in the level of water that reaches land that is associated with a hurricane. To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.