Amazing intrests on Hurricanes
November 16th 2012 Written by Molly Cammack
What is a Hurricane?
Hurricanes start to form as a small tropical storm in warm waters with a temperature of at least eighty degrees Fahrenheit off the coast of Africa. Hurricanes maintain their strength from energy in a warm body of water. Hurricanes weaken when they hit land because they are straying from their source of energy, water. Hurricanes can also be called typhoons; typhoons are the same as hurricanes they just form in a different area. The hurricane season is from early May to late December.
Categorizing and Naming
Hurricane Mitch Tracking Map
This is a picture of a tracking map of Hurricane Mitch. This picture shows that Mitch went through Mexico and Florida. This also shows how many category changes Mitch had.
Satellite Image of Hurricane Mitch
This image shows hurricane Mitch when it is in the Gulf of Mexico. In this picture, Hurricane Mitch is in between Mexico and Florida. Hurricane Mitch also was a category one hurricane when in made landfall.
Damage of Hurricane Mitch
Hurricane Mitch did a very large amount of damage. There was $40 million of damage. There was also 9,000 deaths and 9,000 more3 missing.
Hurricane Mitch
Hurricanes can be dangerous, but they are still a very beautiful and complex thing of nature. Not everyone really understands how interesting hurricanes really are. Now that you have a little more knowledge on the subject of hurricanes and I hope that you can use it in ways that you couldn't before!