When you think of a hurricane you think of a big storm that turns around and around. Hurricanes, Cyclones and Typhoons are like the same thing, but hurricanes are tropical storms that form over the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific. Cyclones are storm over the South Pacific and Indian Ocean. Typhoons are formed over the Northwest Pacific Ocean. See it’s like the same thing right.
How are hurricanes made? Hurricanes are made over the warm water of the tropics. When warm moist air over the water rises, It is replaced by cooler air. The cooler air over the warm up and starts to rise too. If there is enough warm water the cycle of the storm clouds and wind speed will grow and that makes a hurricane to form.
Here are some cool fun facts that you should know about hurricanes. Did you know that there is a hurricane season that starts on June 1 and ends on November 30. Hurricanes are given names so that the meteorologists can track that across the ocean. There is a hurricane called Danielle yes that’s my name, but it killed two people. Hurricanes drop more than 2.4 trillion gallons of rain each day. Did you know that hurricanes Katrina was the most destructive storm in history. Around 1,500 people died in that storm.
Hurricanes are cool because they are massive storms that are created above the sea. To learn more about hurricanes you should go on google and type up cool tithing about hurricanes.
