The middle part of a hurricane, can range in size anywhere from 2 miles to 200 miles in diameter. A small center of calm weather in the center of a hurricane.
What is the eye?
100
A category where winds get up to 130-156 mph. This category causes catastrophic damage to homes. Power outages can be expected to last weeks or months.
What is a category 4 hurricane?
100
The portion of the year having a relatively high incidence of hurricanes, usually occurring in Louisiana between June 1st and November 30th, September is usually the most active month.
What is hurricane season?
100
A devastating hurricane that hit Louisiana, Texas, the Gulf Coast, and Mississippi costing over 108 billion dollars in 2005.
What is hurricane Katrina?
100
The city where people had to use boats to rescue victims of Hurricane Harvey.
What is Houston?
200
The most devastating region of a hurricane, it surrounds the eye of a hurricane.
What is the eyewall?
200
A category where the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months, where wind speeds are 157 mph or higher.
What is a category 5 hurricane?
200
A severe tropical cyclone originating in the Atlantic or Caribbean Sea whose winds are greater than 74 MPH according to the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
What is a hurricane?
200
A devastating category 5 hurricane that hit Houston, Texas August 2017 This hurricane caused more than 40 inches of rain which led to catastrophic flooding. This storm displaced more than 30,000 people.
What is Hurricane Harvey?
200
A Hurricane that resulted in 190 billion dollars in damage.
What is Hurricane Harvey's estimated to cost?
300
Bands of clouds and rain that extend far out from the eye of a hurricane.
What are rain bands?
300
A category with wind categories ranging from 96-110 mph. This category may cause short power outages and moderate damage to homes.
What is a category 2 hurricane?
300
Atmospheric pressure lower than normal pressure at sea level usually symbolizing poor weather. (Cloudy, rainy, snowy weather)
What is low air pressure?
300
A category 5 hurricane that hit Florida in September 2017. This hurricane led to mandating 5.6 million people to evacuate its path.
What is Hurricane Irma?
300
Water, gas, electricity, shelter, food, and transportation.
What were basic necessities that many people were left without after Hurricane Irma?
400
The abnormal rise in the level of the sea along a coast caused by the onshore winds of a severe cyclone.This term refers to the amount of flood water located inside of structures such as homes and buildings after a devastating hurricane.
What is a storm surge?
400
A hurricane category that reaches 74- 96 mph and may cause damage to homes and trees.
What is a category 1 hurricane?
400
A scale used to determine a 1-5 rating based on a hurricane's sustained wind speed. This scale estimates potential property damage.
What is the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale?
400
Mississippi hurricane in 1969 that was categorized at a 5 that cost approximately 1.4 billion dollars in damage. This hurricane produced a storm surge of 24 feet. During this storm 259 people lost their lives.
What is Hurricane Camille?
400
Four. This mark was set in 2005 as well. Katrina, Rita, Wilma, and Emily all attained the highest level a hurricane can have on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
What is the record for the most Category Five Hurricanes in a season?
500
These are used to categorize hurricanes to determine how devastating they will be.
What are windspeeds?
500
A category that causes devastating damage to well- built homes. Trees snap or uproot which may cause block roads. Wind speeds are between 111- 129 mph.
What is a category 3 hurricane?
500
Atmospheric pressure higher than normal pressure at sea level usually symbolizing pleasant weather.
What is high pressure?
500
A category 4 hurricane that killed 15 people in 2004. This storm struck south western Florida and it peaked at 150 MPH.
What is hurricane Charley?
500
Hurricane Gladys
What is the storm that killed 9 people and cost 18.7 million dollars in 1968?