Hurricane NotesIGS 12

Name:______

Hurricanes

  • A hurricane is a rotating tropical storm with winds of at least ______.
  • These storms are called ______ when they develop over the ______or ______.
  • They are called ______when they form over the ______and the ______.
  • They are called ______when they develop in the ______ .
  • Most Atlantic Ocean hurricanes form near the ______off ______.
  • Once a tropical storm's winds hit a constant speed of at least 74 miles (119 kilometers) an hour, it becomes a hurricane.
  • The ______ is the low-pressure center of the hurricane. Air sinks inside the eye, ______.
  • ____________surrounds the eye and carries the storm's most violent winds and its most intense rains.
  • Hurricane season in the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and central Pacific is from ______. In the eastern Pacific, it is from ______.
  • Hurricanes can cause ______.
  • ______, an abnormal rise in sea level, is usually the most dangerous part of a hurricane. Surges can cause beach erosion, wash out roads, and decimate homes.
  • Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Florida use ______to track storms.

Hurricanes

Typhoon Toraji
Taiwan, China, July 2001
Dead: Estimated at more than 200
Damage: More than $100 million (U.S.)
Hurricane Floyd
North Carolina, September 1999
Intensity at landfall: Category Two
Dead: 57
Damage: About $6 billion
Hurricane Georges
Gulf of Mexico, October 1998
Intensity at landfall: Category Two
Hurricane Mitch
Central America, October 1998
Intensity at landfall: Category Five
Dead: Nearly 10,000
Hurricane Pauline
West coast of Mexico, October 1997
Intensity at landfall: Category Three
Dead: Over 200
Hurricane Fran
Southeast United States, September 1996
Intensity at landfall: Category Three
Damage: $5 billion
Hurricane Opal
Northwest Florida, Alabama, October 1995
Intensity at landfall: Category Three
Damage: $3 billion
Hurricane Iniki
Kauai, Hawaii, September 1992
Intensity at landfall: Category Four
Damage: $1.8 billion
Hurricane Andrew
South Florida, August 1992
Intensity at landfall: Category Five
Dead: 43
Damage: $25 billion (1992 dollars)
Hurricane Hugo
South Carolina, North Carolina, September 1989
Intensity at landfall: Category Four
Dead: 82
Damage: $7 billion
Hurricane Gilbert
Puerto Rico, Eastern Caribbean, September 1988
Intensity at landfall: Category Five
Dead: 318
Damage: $5 billion / Hurricane Liza
West coast of Mexico, September 1976
Intensity at landfall: Category Four
Dead: At least 630 people
Hurricane Agnes
Florida, entire Atlantic coast of U.S., July 1972
Intensity at landfall: Category One
Damage: $3.1 billion (record flooding from New York to Virginia—1972 dollars)
Hurricane Camille
U.S. South, August 1969
Intensity at landfall: Category Five
Dead: 256
Damage: $1.4 billion (1969 dollars)
Hurricane Beulah
Texas, September 1967
Intensity at landfall: Category One
Dead: 38
Damage: $100 million
Hurricane Betsy
Florida, Louisiana, September 1965
Dead: 75
Damage: $1 billion (1965 dollars)
Unnamed Hurricane
West coast of Mexico, 1959
Intensity at landfall: Category Four
Dead: More than 1,000
Hurricane Diane
Northeast United States, September 1955
Intensity at landfall: Category One
Damage: $831 million
Hurricane Hazel
South Carolina, October 1954
Intensity at landfall: Category Four
Damage: $2.8 billion (1954 dollars)
Galveston Hurricane
Galveston, Texas, September 1900
Intensity at landfall: Category Four
Dead: At least 10,000
Injured: At least 5,000
Damage: $30 million (1900 dollars)
Great Hurricane
Eastern Caribbean, October 1780
Dead: Estimated between 22,000-30,000