WHAT IS HURRICANE?

HURRICANES ARE SPINNING TROPICAL STORMS WITH WIND OF AT LEAST 119 KM [74MILES] PER HOUR. THEY ARE BORN OVER TROPICAL SEAS JUST NORTH OR SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, WHERE THE WATER IS WARM AND THE AIR IS HEAVY WITH WATER VAPOR. HURRICANES START OF AS BANDS OF THUNDERSTORM THAT BEGINS SPINNING WHEN THEY COLLIDE WITH TRADE WINDS. AS THE STORM WINDS DRAW WARM AIR UPWARDS, HUGE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR CHANGE TO RAIN THESE PROCESS GIVES OF ENERGY CALLED LATENT HEAT IS THE FUEL THAT WHIPH ORDINARY STORMS IN TO A MOISTROUS SPIRAL OF WIND AND RAIN HUNDREDS OF KILOMETER WIND.

 

 

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