Hurricane

Update on hurricane ida?

The remnants of Hurricane Ida walloped the Northeast late Wednesday and early Thursday, delivering record rainfall in parts of New York and triggering flash flooding across multiple states. At least 14 fatalities were reported in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, bringing the storm’s estimated death toll to 21. Hurricane Ida struck southeast Louisiana as …

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Where do hurricanes go?

, and the atlantic. The North Indian. The Southwest Indian. The Australian/Southeast Indian. The Australian/Southwest Pacific. Tropical storms and hurricanes most frequently occur off the Southeast and mid-Atlantic coasts, but they can also roam the Atlantic Basin anywhere between the northern Bahamas and Atlantic Canada, in the Gulf of Mexico, the eastern Caribbean Sea and …

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How do hurricanes rotate?

Hurricanes spin counterclockwise (like all low pressure centers in the northern hemisphere) because of the Coriolis Effect. Because the equator rotates faster than other areas of the Earth’s surface, anything moving in a straight line on a North to South axis will eventually curve. What is the rotation of a hurricane? Also, how do hurricanes …

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Are hurricanes alive?

The eyewall surrounding the eye is composed of dense clouds that contain the highest winds in the storm. The storm’s outer rainbands (often with hurricane or tropical storm-force winds) are made up of dense bands of thunderstorms ranging from a few miles to tens of miles wide and 50 to 300 miles long. Although the …

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