Multiple Choice
Hurricanes die when they move over land because
A) the Coriolis force is not sufficient to sustain them over land.
B) the land temperature is not warm enough to sustain the low pressure system.
C) evaporation and subsequent condensation are no longer sufficient to sustain them.
D) friction overcomes the forward momentum and the storm decays.
E) the specific heat and relative humidity ratios dissipate the storm's energy.
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