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What way do tropical storms spin and move?
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Anti-clockwise and move north west (in the northern hemisphere)
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How wide can a Tropical Storm typically be?
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Hundreds of kilometres
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How long do tropical storms usually last for?
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7-14 days
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What is the centre of a tropical storm called?
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The eye
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How big can the centre of a tropical storm typically be?
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50 km
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What is the centre of the tropical storm caused by?
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Descending air
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What are the conditions like in the centre of a tropical storm
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Very low pressure, light winds, no clouds and no rain
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What are the conditions like in the wall that surrounds the centre of the tropical storm?
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Spiralling rising air, very strong winds (around 160 km per hour), storm clouds, and torrential rain
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What happens towards the edges of the storm?
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Wind speed falls, the clouds become smaller and more scattered, and the rain becomes less intense
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