prize1-6, Exercise 2: Over land and the surge

Model answer:

A tropical cyclone is fed by heat and moisture from warm seawater. Over land that supply is cut off, and friction with the ground also slows the circulation, so the storm decays quickly. The storm surge is a rise in sea level pushed ashore by the wind and lifted by the low pressure; it floods low coasts with a mass of water, and drowning accounts for far more deaths than the wind itself.