Hurricane Facts
Hurricanes (typhoons in the eastern Pacific) are natures way to get rid of access heat.
They are ranked on a scale. The scale is the Saffir- Simson Scale. It was made by two people named Saffir and Simson.
Here is the scale:
Category Pressure Wind Speed mph
1 28.94 and higher 74-95
2 28.50-28.93 96-11
3 27.91-28.49 110-130
4 27.17-27.90 131-155
5 lower than 27.17 greater than 155
The deadliest storm to hit the United States was the Great Storm of 1900 that hit Galveston Texas. This was a major big category 4 storm which killed over 6,000 people. The costliest storm to hit the United Sates was hurricane Andrew in 1992. It cost over 2 billion dollars in damage.
Here are the stages of a hurricane:
Tropical Wave: There are an average of 100 tropical waves that come of the coast of Africa.
Tropical Depression: Out of the tropical waves a little over quarter of them become tropical depressions.
Tropical Storm: Out of the tropical depressions about 10 of them become tropical storms.
Hurricane: Out of the tropical storms about 6 of them become Hurricanes.
