Hurricane Mitch was born 21 October 1998 in the warm waters near the equator. The sun heats the surface of the sea evaporating 1 trillion tons of water each day. Once in the air the water droplets cool transforming into clouds. Carried by the rising warm air‚ the clouds billow upwards. If the heat from the sea below is strong enough they turn into massive tropical storms. The storm spun towards Central America picking up vast amounts of water and increasing wind speed. On Thursday‚ October 29 1998
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Hurricanes and Tornadoes Whoa look outside what’s that outside!? A hurricane or tornado now you can tell the differences! Their similar how are they different? Did you know that hurricanes are about 300 miles wide‚ although they can be wider? Hurricane winds always rotate to the middle of the storm. Tornados are thunderstorms‚ which are made up of large‚ super cells. You need warm‚ moist air‚ after the masses meet they create instability in the atmosphere. The typical wedge tornado is straight
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Hurricane Sandy Effects On the Lives Of People. Sandy moving up the east coast (top spiral cloud) Hurricane Sandy was the biggest hurricanes to ever hit the east coast let alone the world. Sandy was a storm consisted of two storms‚ because it was a tropical storm before it became a “Frankenstorm”. Then it became a class 1 hurricane. Sandy broke records for highest storm surge‚ biggest wave‚ and many more. Sandy killed at least 140 people‚ and cost over 40 million dollars in damage. Sandy affected
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Hurricane Katrina: Destruction and Devastation Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane‚ as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States. The record of Atlantic hurricanes said it was the sixth strongest overall. Prior to Katrina‚ the most deadliest hurricane was the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. Hurricane Katrina was formed on August 23‚ 2005 over the Bahamas as a moderate Category 1 hurricane. The storm weakened before making its
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Hurricane Katrina: Development and Devastation Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest storm systems to ever collide with the coastal United States in the last century. Strong winds sustained during landfall of over 140 mph combined with a very low central pressure (920 mb) to wreak havoc on many coastal communities in ways not seen before in the US (1). Despite monitoring the storms development‚ tracking its movement‚ and issuing early warnings‚ Hurricane Katrina has proved to be the most
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Hurricane Andrew It was a warm day in Florida; the August sun was kissing the beach in Homestead. Florida had been experiencing its usual climate when there was an alert. On August 12th‚ off the coast of Africa; a warm front blew into the sea. Along with some interference with the high pressure coming from the north‚ the front blew westward toward the Bahamas. On its path it turned into a Tropical Depression. From what we all learned in science class‚ this meant a hurricane was brewing
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Butterfly cod What is a butterfly cod? Butterfly cods are spectacular fish with brilliant colouring and long defensive spiny fins. It is part of the scorpionfish family‚ but unlike other members of this family which often rely on camouflage for protection‚ they swim freely around coral reefs‚ leaving their venomous fins to give them 360 degree protection. They include the firefish (Pterois species) and lionfish (Dendrochirus species). What do they look like? Butterfly cod are characterised by
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Hurricanes are one of the most deadliest storms on Earth and are only called hurricanes when they from over by the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific Ocean.Hurricanes also from near the equator by warm oceans. First the hurricane needs the ocean’s temperature to rise to about eighty degrees from about fifty feet to one hundred sixty five feet below surface (Underwater). Another important key a hurricane needs to form is winds mainly coming from the west (Westward)‚ as this happens the water evaporates due
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Hurricane Katrina swept away the gulf coast on August 25‚ 2009. Katrina was the most monstrous storm that has ever visited the coast and was considered an amalgam of tropical waters and dusty winds. It was the deadliest hurricane of category five causing horrendous damage and traumatizing scenes. Many lives were taken away and many lives have changed. I was nine years old running around playing. I heard a loud banging noise and walked outside to see my dad hammering nails into wood to cover the
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Hurricane Katrina was a category 4 hurricane when it hit New Orleans on the 29th of August 2005. It had formed over the Bahamas and hit southern Florida as a category 1 hurricane. It had strengthened into a category 5 hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico before weakening to a category 4. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the costliest natural disaster‚ as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes‚ in the history
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