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Effects Of A Hurricane

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Effects of a Hurricane

Have you ever thought to yourself, “ What causes a hurricane to form? How strong can they actually get?” Hurricanes are low pressure systems that form over warm ocean water.(WeatherQuestions.com) The sun evaporates the warm moisture off the ocean surface raising it in the atmosphere causing the storm to intensify. The lower the pressure of the storm gets, the stronger the storm. As a wind current carries the storm it can also intensify along the way as long as it stays in warmer water. Most of our storms generate off Africa’s coast, south of our coast down in the Gulf of Mexico, or the warmer waters in the Bahamas. As the storm generates, the strongest winds are located in the center near the eyewall. The thunderstorms

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