Hurricane seasonHi and welcome. The Hurricane season goes normally from July till November.
In general,these storms all starting on the other side of the Atlantic ocean. Half way,when we watch them with satellites, they start to show their first storm shape. The winds transport moisture and air, coming from over the warm water from the Atlantic ocean. They increase in speed and getting stronger and stronger. Until they fall over land areas. Going over land,they make a lot of damage, but also loosing power and windspeed going down.
These tropical storms all going from east to west..and often developing in an Hurricane.
How fast are the winds in a Hurricane?A tropical storm Cat. 1 starts from 118 Km/H , what's 72 miles/H In the U.S. Beaufort scale we speak from 10-11 B for a tropical storm warning..When it's 12 on the scale Beaufort we have a Hurricane warning. Winds are then higher than 73 miles/h or higher tan 118 Km/h Storm warningIt's the job of "Storm watchers". Weather specialists, who's job is to calculate the risk of a tropical storm. It's not easy to predict if a tropical storm will go over in a "Huricane". Afterall , you have the responsibility to warn the people, and let them evacuate.When a hurricane is going landfall, the best thing to do is evacuation. Although, not everybody is happy to leave their house behind, not knowing if there's sure comes a Hurricane their way. But the strongest storms, like Katrina or the Andrew, were category 5 and extremely powerfull storms. They caused the death to many people in several countries. As an example we take the 2008 storm season.2008 was probably the most busy one of the last decade. With 16 storms recorded. Eight of them where Hurricanes and 5 mayor hurricanes (one for each month).One severe storm can make victims in several countries, before turning in a normal storm. When in 2008 Hurricane Ike was leaving Haiti, there were more then 800 people killed. Ike was the most devastating tropicale storm of the season.
The human cost was huge, but also the financially aspect of the 2008 hurricane season was also extremely high. 2008 was the third most costly season on record. Huricane seasons 2004-2005 were one and two.
Also, data of the last eight years are showing that more and more severe stormy weather are produced. With as a result,more and more damage, and a high financial cost. Could global warming and climate change have anything to do with this emerging phenomena. Many people thought that the storm "Catrina" was an effect of the "Global warming". But again,until today there's found no proof of such thing. More research and data study will gives us a better view on this subject. We only conclude that the "tropical storm season" gets longer and longer.. But again, the future will learn us more.
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