HURRICANESBy: Garrett Revell

What it looks like

A hurricane is a huge storm with high winds and devastating forces

It is like a swirling vortex of thunderstorm

If you look at a hurricane from satellite it’s a like a big white swirling vortex with a eye in the center

If you were to watch a hurricane without getting harmed it would be amazing

How it forms

Hurricanes form in the ocean and near the equator

Air from surrounding areas with higher air pressure pushes in to the low pressure area

Then that new air becomes warm and moist and rises too

As the warm continues to rise , the surrounding air swirls in to take its place forming a hurricane

What it does

A hurricane as it moves swirls in a clockwise pattern and usually last at least an hour

It can cause a lot of damage like ripping the roof and shingles right off the house/building , put a lot of people out of there homes, destroys property, and cause floods

Like I said before hurricanes can put people homeless and cause many deaths and injuries

Other factors not covered

There is different categories of hurricanes, but if it was as high as it could go it would be a category 5 which winds reach up to over 155mph

These storms occur in the warmer waters in the ocean near the equator

Before it is classified as a hurricane it is a tropical storm

And if a hurricane is big enough it is named alphabetically

Hurricane Katrina

Happened August 29, 2005 Very destructiveIn New Orleans, Louisiana

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