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