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    the water is evaporated from the ocean which fuels the hurricane. b. The heat is released in a tropical thunderstorm is carried away by the wind and it takes the top of the storm. This causes the heat to build up forming a low pressure. c. Hurricanes develop near the equator, moving rapidly towards land; the storm system can produce dangerous destructive winds, scaturient rain, and flooding leaving communities completely dismantled. II. Life Cycle of Hurricanes a. Tropical Depression is formed…

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    dangerous because of their wind speed and its ripe tides. Hurricane season begins June 1st to November 3rd. Hurricanes forms as a tropical cycle, but then with its warm water it would make energy and form a hurricane. Hurricanes are dangerous because of their wind speed and the destruction it causes. Hurricanes have strong wind speeds. A hurricane has 5 stages of wind speed the lowest wind speed is 75 mph and it will strike people, live stock, and older mobile homes. The highest wind speed is…

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    Weather: Tornadoes What are tornadoes, “the violently rotating winds of destruction”? A tornado is defined as a mobile, violently rotating column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The Damage that a tornado can cause depends on the wind speed and the size. The most Violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of two hundred and fifty miles per hour or more. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide and fifty miles long. In an average year, eight hundred…

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    are many facts to understand about hurricanes. A) Hurricanes develop in areas of unsettled air. when hurricane winds begin spinning around a central pocket of low pressure. The hurricanes eye Develops when the wind spins rapidly. hurricane winds can reach speeds of 100 miles per hour or more. This makes the hurricane very destructive. The winds blow strongest near earth's surface. The wind speeds are slower near the top of the hurricane. Meanwhile, the storm moves forward at only 10 to 15…

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    a large hurricane can release the energy of ten atomic bombs?Comparing and contrasting hurricanes and tornadoes can help you understand about these storms. Hurricane and tornadoes can be compared and contrast by cost/damage,frequencies/casualties,and appearance,and location.These dangerous can be compared and contrast in many ways. Furthermore, hurricanes and tornadoes can be compared and contrasted by cost and damage. Hurricanes and tornadoes have strong wind that can damage a lot and can cost…

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    Hurricanes hit land with a lot of force; bringing waves and large amounts of rain in addition to the extreme weather conditions it also affects lots of family’s like one hurricane; hurricane Irene. Hurricanes are very devastating, they can appear anywhere at any time and cause major damage, to the cities and the people that live in those areas that are affected by it. Many weather factors have to be present in order for a perfect storm to happen. First, in General a hurricanes, will happen…

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    myself after each stride. I was a afraid of the sun; afraid of the wind; afraid I would not see the end of the desert; and mostly afraid of dying alone. The perspiration of fear formed and quickly dried on my forehead. I could almost feel adrenaline through my veins. The ground is all I saw. I looked up for a hopeful sign. My first mistake. My eyes met the horizon and an insidious gust of wind. The sun, sands, and chaffing winds blasted me back into the Afghanistan…

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    on record (Gutner). Initally starting out as just a Category 1 tropical storm in the Caribean sea, Sandy made its way to Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, and the United States east coast border, reaching to a Category 3 strength. With its immense strength and wind power of a maxium of 115 miles-per-hour, Hurricane Sandy is sadly remembered for its mass destruction, and death toll exceeding 147 people (Hurricane Sandy Fast Facts). Along with that, as of last years statistics, Sandy’s damage to the US…

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    Caribbean Hurricanes

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    Still about 1,000 miles south, she is being fed and gaining energy by the warm waters, continuing to grow and sustaining wind speeds of 110 mph. By this point in her life, she had already brought Haiti and Jamaica devastating winds and water and before she headed out, she left more than 70 people dead, and dozens missing. Before heading up north, she hit Florida and North Carolina, knocking out…

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    Hurricane, a storm with a violent wind, particularly a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. The term, Hurricane, is a term only really used when a large storm takes place and has been formed over the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes have been reported since the 1900's and are still being reported to this day. "On August 30th, 2017, a Hurricane named Irma formed in midst of the Atlantic Ocean and stretched into parts of Florida. This hurricane lasted 15 days, ending on September 13th,…

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