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than the last and the higher the category the bigger the hurricane is. Category 1 hurricanes have sustained winds that range from 75 to 95 miles per hour(Stewart) and can cause minor damage to man made structures. Category 2 hurricanes are a little bigger, with wind that ranges from 96 to 110 miles per hour(Stewart) and can damage homes but not destroy them.. Category 3 hurricanes have winds that range from 111 to 130 miles per hour(Stewart). Category 3 hurricanes can rip trees from the ground and

temperatures went forty degrees below zero. High winds and heavy snow came with the storm which caused terrible conditions. In rural areas adults working on farms and children coming home from school were the ones who were mostly affected by the blizzard. A schoolteacher in Pawnee

atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc. Search the web and give a definition of climate: the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. Climate is closely associated with the seasons, but do you know what causes the seasons? Log on to the website

eptember 6, 2017: Irma hit the Leeward Islands with winds over 180 mph. The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda described Barbuda as "barely habitable." September 7: Irma left hundreds in Puerto Rico without power. It hit the northern part of Haiti and the Dominican Republic with 15 inches of rain. September 8: Irma remained a Category 5 hurricane with wind of 175 mph. It affected the Turks and Caicos Islands and eastern Bahamas. The storm passed over waters warmer than 30 degrees Celsius (86

Yet for all our fantasies and vivid imaginations, none of us could really satisfactorily imagine how he looked — not until one afternoon when the wind from the west began its piercing song, and the convulsing dust covered rooftops and the west skies turned a crimson red. As I was ready to leave our back alley and flee the horror of the red sky, Martin appeared in the alley with a whirlwind of dust dancing about him. He was awfully small — much smaller than any of us had ever imagined him to be. And

such as Andrew, Camille, Floyd, and even Katrina. The center of any kind of hurricane is the most calmest and is also called the center eye that has light winds and clouds. They can easily last for a week or even more and may be able to strike Carribean island days before going to north and west of the United States. The most violents winds and rain take place in the outer

Whats a tornado’s favorite game? Twister! Tornadoes cause a lot of damage, because they have high wind speeds, kill and injure people, cover large amounts of land, they can mix with wild fire to cause firenadoes, and they are on the ground so they are close to people and structures. Tornadoes happen most often in the spring time, which is why it is called tornado season. Tornado Alley is where the most tornadoes happen annually. Tornado Alley includes Oklahoma, Kansas, the Texas Panhandle,

cirrostratus clouds cause a halo to form around the sun or moon. These clouds are often followed by stratoform rain within 48 hours. "Rainbow to windward, foul fall the day. Rainbow to leeward, rain run away." In the mid-latitudes, the prevailing wind is from the west. If you see a rainbow in the same direction that the prevailing

On October 11th 2012, a tropical wave formed off the coast of West Africa that would soon be associated with embodying one of the Atlantic’s largest and deadliest tropical cyclones. A cyclone so large that it spanned over 560,000 square miles, and so destructive that the National Hurricane Center retired it’s name, alongside notable Hurricane Katrina and 75 other historical cyclones. A cyclone known under many aliases such as Frankenstorm and Superstorm, only described the sheer complexity and oddity

Ahrens (2012) defines a hurricane as a “tropical cyclone having winds in excess of 64 knots (74 mph)” (p. 501). An average person might not know the actual speed to classify it as a hurricane, but you most certainly know when you are going to get hit with one. Hurricanes continue to be one of the deadliest storms in the world with an interesting anatomy, different categories, and costly damage to the area that is hit. The anatomy of a hurricane is one that most people might just think of a “tornado