1. Hurricanes in 2015
By Lola Venditozzi

2. Tropical storms and hurricanes
A hurricane is a tropical cyclone occurring in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is a rapidly rotating storm system with low pressured centre, strong winds and a spiralling arrangement of thunder storms that produce heavy rain.

3. Hurricane map of the Atlantic Ocean
This is a map of the hurricane regions of the North Atlantic Ocean. The blue dots indicate where a hurricane could form. Countries that may be affected are West Africa, The West indies, Eastern North America and the North Eastern areas of South America. Although a storm can happen at any time, the hurricane season is officially from June 1- November 30, 2015.

4. How hurricanes occur
A hurricane occurs by warm air rising from the sea. Clouds begin to form around the outer edge of the eye, creating a so called ‘stadium effect’. This is where the greatest winds are formed. There are 2 types of wind fields where air circulates in different ways. The primary circulation is the worst. However, in the centre of a hurricane, called the eye, warm air sinks. In a strong storm, the eye may appear calm in the sky with no clouds but have a raging sea.

5. Hurricane Fred
Hurricane Fred was a recent and unique tropical storm. It was the easternmost tropical atlantic hurricane. It was the very first warning for the Cape Verde Islands off the West cpast of Africa.

6. Cape verde islands

7. Satellite images
This is the first ever satellite view of a hurricane in this region since weather sattelites were launched in to space in the 1960s.

8. Me watching a satellite
This Summer in Florida, I was lucky enough to see one of these weather satellites being launched at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral.

9. Hurricanes in 2015 1 Tropical Storm Ana 3.2 Tropical Storm Bill
3.3 Tropical Storm Claudette
3.4 Hurricane Danny
3.5 Tropical Storm Erika
3.6 Hurricane Fred
3.7 Tropical Storm Grace