Hurricanes

      You've heard about those deadly tropical storms, haven't you? Hurricanes are deadly storms with winds of 74 MPH minimum. Hurricanes are formed when heat over the ocean creates low pressure, allowing winds to curl towards the center of the flow. This helps winds evaporate more water vapor, creating showers and thunderstorms.An 'eyewall' forms and is called a tropical storm until winds reach 74 MPH.

After the hurricane has come and passed, the strong storms can lower powerlines, electrocuting the flooded streets, it can smash cars, create tornadoes, riptides, AND cause BILLIONS in damage.

Although we know that storms may be unpredictable, there is a way to measure hurricanes. The Saffir-Simpson scale measures hurricanes on a scale of 1 to 5. One means 74-95 MPH, creating some damage, and five being 157 MPH or higher, being catastrophic damage occurs.