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How they Form
Parts of a hurricane
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Hurricane Names
Hurricane Safety
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Hurricanes form in ________ and ________ water.
What is warm and deep?
100
The ________ is the calm center.
What is the eye?
100
There are _______ categories of hurricanes.
What is five?
100

Which hurricane hasn't been retired yet? David (1979) or Sam (2021)

What is Sam?

100
The most important consideration in the event of a hurricane is _________.
What is safety?
200
Most hurricanes form in the __________.
What is the tropics?
200
The _________ spiral around the outside of the hurricane.
What are rainbands?
200
Before a storm is classified as a hurricane, it is called a ___________.
What is a tropical storm?
200
Both _______ and _________ names are used.
What are male and female?
200
A safe room
What is a room without windows.
300
The tropics are located ______ and _______ of the equator.
What is north and south?
300
The stronger the storm, the smaller the ______.
What is the eye?
300
A ___________ has winds up to 38 mph.
What is a depression?
300

Hurricane names are used in __________ order.

What is alphabetical?

300
The most important hurricane preparation
What is a family plan?
400
Hurricanes begin as a tropical ________ near the coast of Africa.
What is a disturbance?
400
The _________ is the most violent part of the hurricane.
What is the eyewall?
400
The name of the hurricane intensity scale
What is the Saffir-Simpson scale?
400

The name of the 2005 storm that produced 80% of flood in New Orleans. Its name begins with a K.

What is Katrina?

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Beginning and end of hurricane season
What is June 1st-November 3oth?
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Hurricanes get stronger as their air pressure gets _______.
What is lower?
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The _________ is the main reason people are asked to evacuate.
What is storm surge?
500
How hurricanes are classified
What is wind speed?
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The organization that names hurricanes
What is the World Meteorological Organization?
500
The wind speed of a category 5 storm
What is 157 mph or higher?