A hurricane is a spinning storm that brings ______________, ______________ and ______________
wind, rain and thunder.
To be a hurricane, a storm must have winds of at least ________________ miles per hour.
74
What's the name for those storms with winds lower than 74 miles an hour?
Tropical storms
Where are hurricanes formed?
In the tropics.
How do scietists call a hurricane?
A tropical cyclon.
If a tropical cyclon forms south of the equator, it spins in a CLOCKWISE or an ANTI-CLOCKWISE direction?
A clockwise direction
Who can track hurricanes as they form?
Meteorologists
How do we call a tropical cyclon over the Atlantic Ocean or the Eastern Pacific Ocean?
A hurricane
How do we call a storm in East Asia?
A typhoon
How do we call a storm in the Indian Ocean?
A cyclon.
