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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Hurricanes About Hurricanes Like tornados, hurricanes happen when warm air mix's with cold air, creating intense wind, rain and flooding. Hurricanes occur on the eastern seaboard along the united states and Central America. Hurricanes can be up to 600 miles wide. They move slowly over the ocean, gaining power and speed. Hurricane winds can blow up to 200 miles per hour. in the center of the hurricane is the eye of the storm, In this area, the weather is calm.The calm center. The eye can be 20-40 miles (32-48 kilometers) wide. In the eye, rather than dark clouds and rain, one might see blue sky or a starry night.The clouds that swirl around the eye. It has the most intense rain and winds, sometimes as fast as 200 miles an hour (321 kilometers an hour).When the ocean is warm, the water heats the air right over the ocean, and some of the ocean's water evaporates into the air. This warm, wet air rises, because hot air rises. It makes thick, heavy clouds. The warm air rising pushes cold air higher up out sideways. If another wind is blowing on the rising warm air from the side, it can begin to spin around and around, picking up more and more air and water - that's when it starts to be a hurricane. Like tornadoes, typhoons and hurricanes happen when warm air mixes with cold air, creating intense wind, rain and flooding. Typhoons and hurricanes are the same type of storm, but they happen in different places. Typhoons occur in the Pacific Ocean around Hawaii and Asia. Hurricanes occur on the eastern seaboard along the United States and Central America.Hurricanes can be up to 600 miles wide. They move slowly over the ocean, gaining power and speed.Hurricane winds can blow up to 200 miles per hour.In the center of a hurricane is the eye of the storm. In this area, the weather is calm.The calm center. The eye can be 20-40 miles (32-48 kilometers) wide. In the eye, rather than dark clouds and rain, one might see blue sky or a starry night.The clouds that swirl around the eye. It has the most intense rain and winds, sometimes as fast as 200 miles an hour (321 kilometers an hour).When the ocean is warm, the water heats the air right over the ocean, and some of the ocean's water evaporates into the air. This warm, wet air rises, because hot air rises. It makes thick, heavy clouds. The warm air rising pushes cold air higher up out sideways. If another wind is blowing on the rising warm air from the side, it can begin to spin around and around, picking up more and more air and water - that's when it starts to be a hurricane. RA Hurricanes RA hurricane (also called a typhoon or a cyclone) is basically a huge wind. Hurricanes form in the summer and especially in the fall, because they can only form where there is cold air high over warm ocean water. Hurricanes form near the equator, because that's the only place where ocean water gets warm enough. But they don't form right at the equator, because the earth's rotation is what gets the wind spinning around, and it doesn't cause spinning right at the equator. Damage Hurricanes can cause As long as the hurricane stays out in the ocean, usually it's not much of a problem. On land, the hurricane can't suck up any more water, so it soon gets weaker and stops. But when hurricanes first blow over the land, they bring high winds and often floods that destroy houses and schools along the coastlines.Hurricanes can cause billions of dollars worth of property damage ever year to man-made fixtures as well as to natural surroundings such as trees and shrubbery. These storms can also change an area's landscape; resulting in hills, roads and trails to wash away Hurricanes In History In 1989, Hurricane Hugo completely destroyed several forests in South Carolina.In 1971, Hurricane Ginger lasted for over three weeks.In 1970, a hurricane in Pakistan killed more than 300,000 people.In 1944, the US Navy's Pacific fleet was crushed by Typhoon Cobra, which sank three destroyers and damaged many ships.In 1502, Christopher Columbus was in Santo Domingo when he saw the signs of a violent hurricane storm approaching. He warned the governor of the city but the governor did not heed his words and made no attempts to stop a fleet of ships from going out to sea. Most of the fleet ended up being destroyed by the hurricane. It killed over 500 men with untold treasures being sunk into the bottom of the sea.In 1893, a hurricane made a direct hit on New York City. Hog Island which was located off the Southern Coast of the Rockaways, was wiped out. This is believed to be the only reported incident in history where a hurricane removed an entire island.Before the great Galveston Hurricane hit Galveston in September 1900, it was the second largest port in the Gulf next to New Orleans and at the time was considered much more important than places like Houston and Dallas. When the city was destroyed by the hurricane, it never recovered its former prominence.Hurricane Camille from 1969 was the strongest hurricane to hit the United States in modern meteorological times. It was a category 5 hurricane that was strong enough to stay at category 5when it hit land and had set many records with sustained winds that were estimated to be at 190 mph during landfall and a reported storm surge of 28 feet. Its lowest central pressure was at 909mb when it came onshore. Hurricane Camille completely destroyed everything that was in its path for the first half mile inland. Call your emergency contact to let them know where you are and how you are doing. How to survive a hurricane NEVER use candles or have any open flame while the wind is blowing.Stay away from unprotected windows. Don't give into temptation to see what's happening through it.If power blinks off and on, turn off all of the circuit breakers except the one that powers a lamp in an internal part of your house.Put any food you're going to want to eat during a storm in coolers.If you rely on an elevator to get to your safe spot, you need to go there now. You do not want to be stuck in the elevator if the power goes out.Call your emergency contact to let them know where you are and how you are doing. Links i used for infomation about hurricanes double click to change this header text! http://www.hurricane-facts.com/ http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/weather/hurricane.html
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