The word "hurricane" comes from the Caribbean god of storms, Hurican (Oxlade, 2006). A hurricane consists of: eye, eyewall, track-free area, spiral rain brand. The eyes are the deadliest part of the storm because that is where we will find the heaviest precipitation and the strongest winds reaching approximately 121 miles per hour (Ahrens, 2013). Over the past fifty years, hurricanes have killed more people worldwide than any other natural cataclysm (Emanuel, 2005). Not all storms turn into hurricanes, and not all hurricanes hit land. A combination of winds, storms and rain can cause extensive damage to buildings, power lines, roads and cars, costing up to millions of dollars. Hurricanes can cause many changes to the natural environment along the coast, including: sand eroded from some coastal areas and deposited in others, storm surge waves are capable of carrying large rocks and even boulders, many low-lying areas are inundated by storm surges , and strong winds and floods can thin or destroy forests (Gardiner, 2009). Hurricanes form through a simple process. Hurricanes begin as tropical storms in the warm, moist waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The onset of a hurricane is an area of low pressure containing cloud cover and precipitation without strong wings. Heavy rain may occur. There's a pressure drop at the center of the storm. The wind speed increases and begins to rotate erratically and heavy rain begins. Winds increase to between thirty-nine and seventy-three miles per hour. The storm becomes more organized due to the intensification of circulation around the center of the storm. A tropical storm is named when winds exceed thirty-nine miles per hour. A pronounced rotation develops around the center of the storm with winds of...... middle of paper......nge is so small that the change cannot be measured; for example, it is difficult to distinguish between winds of 200 kilometers per hour or winds of 202 kilometers per hour (Bentley, 2006). In figure two, the black line represents our current climate and the red line represents the warming climate. The graph suggests that there will be a decrease in the frequency of hurricanes by the end of the 21st century. Based on weather forecasts from advanced computer models, some models predict that there will be fewer tropical storms and hurricanes globally (Mclendon, 2012). CONCLUSION The theory that climate change does or does not influence hurricane activity is extremely important if it is proven true. way. If climate change were to cause an increase in hurricane activity in terms of size, power and frequency, meteorologists would have to find a way to
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