1. How to survive a
Deadliest hurricane?
Hurricanes
Stay away from windows and
glass doors
Close all interior doors
Secure and brace external doors
Keep curtains and blinds closed.
Stay in a small interior room,
closet or hallway on the lowest
Well known + deadly level.
hurricanes Lie under a table or other sturdy
Hurricane Camille
(1969)
objects
HURRICANES
Hurricane Hugo (1989)
Galveston Hurricane
(1900)
Hurricane Andrew
(1992)
Hurricane Katrina
(2005)
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Hurricane Mitch (1998)
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2. Strong Winds
180 mph
How do
hurricanes form?
What are hurricanes? When warm air rises, it causes an area of
Hurricanes are the most violent windstorms on low air pressure below it. The air from the
Earth. People do not know what the difference surrounding areas with higher air pressure
is between hurricanes and tornadoes. They are
goes into the low air pressure area, that air
similar in looks but they are different in their
own ways. Hurricanes occur on water like the becomes warm and moist and eventually
ocean or sea while tornadoes are on the rises. As it rises the surrounding air, swirls
ground. in.
Where do hurricanes The warm, moist air cools off and the water
in the air forms clouds. The clouds and
occur? winds spins and grows because of the
Only tropical cyclones that form over the ocean’s heat and water evaporating from
Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean are
the surface. The storm rotates faster and
called hurricanes. Although they are called
differently, they all form the same way. faster.
Tropical cyclones form only over warm ocean
water near the equator An eye forms in the middle of the hurricane.
Inside the eye, it’s very calm, clear and has
very low air pressure in the eye. Higher air
pressure from above flows into the eye.
