DO
HURRICANES MOVE IN
DEFINITE DIRECTIONS?
A
storm or a
Hurricane seems such a wild ,uncontrolled thing that it s hard to believe it is following a definite
path. Yet ,as we know when the hurricane seasons start , the hurricane are given names and their courses are often predicted very accurately !
Inmost part of world .most storms do move in definite directions. In United states , for example ,most big storm are vast circular whirls of air that rotate counterclockwise about a central point of low atmosphere pressure. The reason they rotate counterclockwise in the United states is that ,as winds flow towards the center of low pressure , the earth rotation deflects them towards the right (in the Northern Hemisphere).
Now ,what about hurricanes? First of all , did you know that hurricanes ,
cyclones . and
typhoons are practically the same? In the United States they are called as cyclones, in the East Indies and in the China Sea they are called typhoons, and in West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico they are known as hurricanes.
North of the equator ,typhoons and hurricanes commonly originate in late summer or fall over warm tropical waters. They move westward and Northwestward through the trade-wind zone in a path curved to the right.
In subtropical latitudes , such storms curve strongly to the east as they enter the zone of westerly winds. In the Southern Hemisphere ,a similar curved course is followed ,except that the storm track curves to the left.
Even though the path of a hurricane can be carefully plotted and all kinds of warnings given to people and ships at sea, a tremendous amount of damage is done by them .A hurricane may move forward at a speed of up to125 miles per hour! The hurricanes whichwever paths they cross create tremendous losses to the mankind and animals alike. The hurricane siphons up cars , houses, men and as well animals fora and fauna.
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