- Thu Oct 02, 2025 9:44 am#8920
1. Hurricane warnings are issued when a hurricane is expected within 24 hours.
2. Hurricanes are measured on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale and the 1 to 5 rating scale based on a hurricane’s sustained wind speed. This system measures wind speed to determine the strength and intensity of a hurricane.
3. Hurricanes can last for weeks, but most usually last about 10 days.
4. A hurricane can release energy equivalent to 10 atomic bombs per second.
5. Hurricane Allen, July 31, 1980, formed in the Atlantic. It was a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 190 mph.
6. The Intertropical Convergence Zone is an area that encircles our planet near the thermal equator and is considered the birthplace of most hurricanes.
7. Anyone can check the recent hurricane name list to see if their name is on there. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
8. The deadliest hurricane in U.S. History happened in Galveston, Texas, in 1900 and killed more than 8,000 people.
9. Hurricanes are one of the deadliest natural disas-ters on our planet.
10. Forty percent of the hurricanes in the United States hit Florida.
11. The eye of the hurricane is calm with blue skies and some confuse this with being the end of the storm.
12. Hurricanes can range in size from 100 miles to 1000 miles wide.
13. A hurricane saved Japan from an attempted at-tack by the Mongols in 1281.
14. Hurricanes produce enough energy in one day to run the lights of Las Vegas for many years.
15. Hurricanes can have two eyes.
16. A Hurricane has been swirling on Jupiter for over 300 years and is bigger than the Earth.
17. The right side of a hurricane is the most dan-gerous because of storm surges, wind, and torna-does.
18. NASA can see hurricanes from space.
19. Hurricane forecasts rely on Air Force Pilots who zigzag through the eye of the storm, releasing parachute-equipped tubes containing instruments that measure pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind speed.
20. The temperature in a hurricane eye can ex-ceed 80 degrees F. thousands of feet above the sea.
21. Hurricanes are sometimes called “heat en-gines.”
22. Hurricanes usually occur at sea but become quite dangerous when they move toward land and cause severe damage.
23. A hurricane is a weather phenomenon that causes devastating damage to land.
24. Five of the ten most costly hurricanes in the U.S. have occurred since 1990.
25. Water must be at a specific depth, at least 200 feet, for a hurricane to form.
26. potential for significant loss of life and property damage.
27. A hurricane can reach 40,000 to 50,000 feet up into the sky.
28. A hurricane’s strength depends on the temper-ature of the water. The warmer the water, the stronger the hurricane becomes.
29. On average, a hurricane season brings 10.6 tropical storms. Six of those will become hurri-canes, and at least 2 will become major hurricanes measuring a Category 3 or more.
30. Hurricanes rotate clockwise in the southern hemisphere, and in the northern hemisphere, they rotate in a counterclockwise direction.
31. Hurricane Sandy was nicknamed the Franken-storm because it combined two systems.
32. Hurricane season in the Atlantic usually lasts from June 1 to November 30, with most hurricanes forming in the fall.
33. Hurricanes affect the Coastal Region the most.
34. Hurricanes are tropical storms with heavy rain-fall and extremely strong winds.
35. Another name for hurricanes is tropical cy-clones. The difference is wind speed. After winds reach wind speeds of 74 mph it moves from a trop-ical storm to being a hurricane.
36. Hurricanes that have been especially destruc-tive in recent years in the US: Katrina, Irma, Har-vey, Florence, and Maria.
37. The first flight into a hurricane was in 1943 dur-ing World War II.
38. The first hurricane of the year is given a name beginning with the letter “A.”
39. Storm surges are responsible for 90% of all hurricane deaths.
40. Meteorologists started naming tropical storms and hurricanes to keep track of the storms in fore-casts and news reports.
41. Hurricane names are not reused and will be re-tired if the hurricane is big and destructive.
42. Hurricanes are also known as Cyclones and typhoons, depending on their location.
43. The Fujiwhara effect is known when hurricanes circle each other.
44. The world’s deadliest hurricane was the Bhola Cyclone in 1970. It is estimated to have killed close to 500,000 people.
45. Typhoon Tip, which occurred in 1979, is the largest hurricane recorded in the northwest Pacific.
46. The eye wall is the thick ring of clouds sur-rounding the eye and is the strongest part of the hurricane.
47. Hurricane Hunters drop sensors to measure temperature, pressure, wind and moisture in a storm.
48. Hurricanes have killed approximately 1.9 mil-lion worldwide over the past 200 years.
49. Hurricanes never form at the equator because they need the Coriolis Force, which is very weak.
2. Hurricanes are measured on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale and the 1 to 5 rating scale based on a hurricane’s sustained wind speed. This system measures wind speed to determine the strength and intensity of a hurricane.
3. Hurricanes can last for weeks, but most usually last about 10 days.
4. A hurricane can release energy equivalent to 10 atomic bombs per second.
5. Hurricane Allen, July 31, 1980, formed in the Atlantic. It was a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 190 mph.
6. The Intertropical Convergence Zone is an area that encircles our planet near the thermal equator and is considered the birthplace of most hurricanes.
7. Anyone can check the recent hurricane name list to see if their name is on there. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
8. The deadliest hurricane in U.S. History happened in Galveston, Texas, in 1900 and killed more than 8,000 people.
9. Hurricanes are one of the deadliest natural disas-ters on our planet.
10. Forty percent of the hurricanes in the United States hit Florida.
11. The eye of the hurricane is calm with blue skies and some confuse this with being the end of the storm.
12. Hurricanes can range in size from 100 miles to 1000 miles wide.
13. A hurricane saved Japan from an attempted at-tack by the Mongols in 1281.
14. Hurricanes produce enough energy in one day to run the lights of Las Vegas for many years.
15. Hurricanes can have two eyes.
16. A Hurricane has been swirling on Jupiter for over 300 years and is bigger than the Earth.
17. The right side of a hurricane is the most dan-gerous because of storm surges, wind, and torna-does.
18. NASA can see hurricanes from space.
19. Hurricane forecasts rely on Air Force Pilots who zigzag through the eye of the storm, releasing parachute-equipped tubes containing instruments that measure pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind speed.
20. The temperature in a hurricane eye can ex-ceed 80 degrees F. thousands of feet above the sea.
21. Hurricanes are sometimes called “heat en-gines.”
22. Hurricanes usually occur at sea but become quite dangerous when they move toward land and cause severe damage.
23. A hurricane is a weather phenomenon that causes devastating damage to land.
24. Five of the ten most costly hurricanes in the U.S. have occurred since 1990.
25. Water must be at a specific depth, at least 200 feet, for a hurricane to form.
26. potential for significant loss of life and property damage.
27. A hurricane can reach 40,000 to 50,000 feet up into the sky.
28. A hurricane’s strength depends on the temper-ature of the water. The warmer the water, the stronger the hurricane becomes.
29. On average, a hurricane season brings 10.6 tropical storms. Six of those will become hurri-canes, and at least 2 will become major hurricanes measuring a Category 3 or more.
30. Hurricanes rotate clockwise in the southern hemisphere, and in the northern hemisphere, they rotate in a counterclockwise direction.
31. Hurricane Sandy was nicknamed the Franken-storm because it combined two systems.
32. Hurricane season in the Atlantic usually lasts from June 1 to November 30, with most hurricanes forming in the fall.
33. Hurricanes affect the Coastal Region the most.
34. Hurricanes are tropical storms with heavy rain-fall and extremely strong winds.
35. Another name for hurricanes is tropical cy-clones. The difference is wind speed. After winds reach wind speeds of 74 mph it moves from a trop-ical storm to being a hurricane.
36. Hurricanes that have been especially destruc-tive in recent years in the US: Katrina, Irma, Har-vey, Florence, and Maria.
37. The first flight into a hurricane was in 1943 dur-ing World War II.
38. The first hurricane of the year is given a name beginning with the letter “A.”
39. Storm surges are responsible for 90% of all hurricane deaths.
40. Meteorologists started naming tropical storms and hurricanes to keep track of the storms in fore-casts and news reports.
41. Hurricane names are not reused and will be re-tired if the hurricane is big and destructive.
42. Hurricanes are also known as Cyclones and typhoons, depending on their location.
43. The Fujiwhara effect is known when hurricanes circle each other.
44. The world’s deadliest hurricane was the Bhola Cyclone in 1970. It is estimated to have killed close to 500,000 people.
45. Typhoon Tip, which occurred in 1979, is the largest hurricane recorded in the northwest Pacific.
46. The eye wall is the thick ring of clouds sur-rounding the eye and is the strongest part of the hurricane.
47. Hurricane Hunters drop sensors to measure temperature, pressure, wind and moisture in a storm.
48. Hurricanes have killed approximately 1.9 mil-lion worldwide over the past 200 years.
49. Hurricanes never form at the equator because they need the Coriolis Force, which is very weak.
- By mousumi