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By:Ashleigh Richardson
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Hurricanes are severe tropical storms that form in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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1.Hurricane Iris was the ninth named tropical cyclone and fifth hurricane of an active 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. Iris was one of four storms to form
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A hurricane is a huge storm. It can be 600 miles across and have speeds up to 75 to 200mph
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A hurricane watch is something where someone tells you on the news that there will be a hurricane with so many minutes or something like that.
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As the wind must be blowing in the same direction and at the same speed to force air upward from the ocean surface.
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Hurricanes Hurricanes only form over really warm ocean water of 80f or warmer.
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Coriolis Force is needed to create the spin in the hurricane and it becomes to weak near the equator, so hurricanes can never form here.
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