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What are tropical cyclones called in the Atlantic Ocean and the East Pacific Ocean?
Hurricanes
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What kind of pressure system is needed for the formation of a hurricane?
Low Pressure System
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What part of the hurricane has the area of lowest pressure?
The eye
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What is the excess water that hits coastal areas because of the high winds of the hurricane?
Storm Surge
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What are tropical cyclones called in the West Pacific?
Typhoons
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What kind of temperatures are needed for the formation of a hurricane?
Warm Temperatures
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Describe the weather conditions in the eye of the storm.
Calm winds, clear, little to no rain.
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True or False. The storm surge is usually more dangerous than the winds of the hurricane.
True
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What are tropical cyclones called in the Indian Ocean?
Cyclones
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What kind of humidity is needed for the formation of a hurricane?
High Humidity
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Which part of the hurricane has the strongest winds and highest levels of rainfall?
The Eye Wall.
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True or False. Hurricanes form in colder waters and avoid the tropical waters.
False.
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Which hurricane struck New Orleans in 2005?
Hurricane Katrina
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How warm does the water need to be for the formation of a hurricane?

26 degrees or above

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What is it called when the high winds of a hurricane pushes more water to the coastal areas and can cause flooding?
Storm surge
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What is the hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean?
June to November.
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Why don't we get tropical storms in the UK?

Sea temperature is not warm enough

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At what wind speed does a tropical storm become a hurricane?
74 mph.
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What kind of clouds make up the eye wall?
Cumulonimbus Clouds (Thunderclouds)
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What is the name of the scale that is used to measure hurricanes?
The Saffir-Simpson Scale.