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Formation
Landfalls
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What is the centre of the hurricane Called?
The Eye
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What is a hurricane?
A storm with winds of 75 mph or more.
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What does a hurricane start out as?
Tropical storm.
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Hurricanes like ocean waters that are what?
Warm
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These are formed within minutes or hours without a warning

What is a flash flood?
200

Clouds around the eye

What are Rain clouds/rain bands?

200

ODPEM meaning

What is Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management?

200

What do they call a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean?

What is a hurricane? 

200
True or False. Most hurricanes form off the west coast of South America.
False
200

Rising of sea levels is a result of this.

What is Global Warming?

300

The air that is needed for the formation of a hurricane.

What is warm moist air?

300

Most common cause of flooding

What is heavy rain?
300
What is a hurricane with 111-130 mph winds called?
Category 3
300

Direction of hurricanes rotating in the Northern Hemisphere

What is anti-clockwise/counter-clockwise?

300

This is used to measure atmospheric pressure

What is a Barometer?
400

Surrounds the eye of the hurricane

What is the eye wall?

400

Another name for a hurricane

What is Tropical Cyclone?

400
A hurricane causing extreme damage to everything and winds from 131-155 mph called?
Category 4
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At the first stage of official development, a system is called what?
Tropical Depression
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The damage of a category 1 hurricane

What is Minimal?
500

Another name for a hurricane

What is Tropical Cyclone?

500

Takes 6 hours or less to occur

What is the a flash flood?

500

Hurricanes usually form over this body of water

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

500
What kind of winds aloft are most favorable for hurricane development?
Light
500

The front that fuels a hurricane

What is Warm Front?