1. Hurricane Created by Alana Luke Velasquez
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Hurricane
Created by Alana Luke Velasquez

2. What are Hurricanes? Tropical storm with powerful low pressure winds
Warm ocean water produces energy for the hurricane and water evaporation making humid air and clouds
The Coriolis Force is needed to create the swirling center in the hurricane

3. When does the Hurricanes occur?
Hurricane season in the Atlantic starts on June 1.
May 15th in the Pacific
Both end in November 30
Hurricanes occur when the oceans are warm during the summer.

4. Where do the hurricanes occur?
Hurricanes and tropical storms occur in the Northern Atlantic
Hurricanes known as typhoons occur in the Western Pacific Ocean
Tropical storms in the Eastern Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean

5. Storm Surge
Hurricanes’ winds spiral around the ocean and rises water upward into a mound.

6. How are hurricanes created?
The ocean waters must be warm enough at the surface to put enough heat and moisture into the overlying atmosphere to provide the potential fuel for the thermodynamic engine that a hurricane becomes.