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Air actually rises througout most of a hurricane, but it sinks in the eye.

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No, the air does not sink in a hurricane. In fact, it rises rapidly due to the low pressure at the center of the storm. This rising air creates the powerful updrafts that fuel the hurricane's strong winds and intense rainfall.

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In the center of the hurricane does the air rise or sink?

In the center of the hurricane is the eye. That winds rise s up and when your in the eye, You don't get harmed. The eye is always calm.


Is air in a hurricane?

yes


How did Hurricane Sandy's wind form?

Hurricane Sandy's winds formed by the Sun heating air and that air convecting.


When warm air rises cold air will what?

The cold air will sink.


Does cool air sink while warm air rises?

yes the cool denser air sink while the warm less dense rises

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In the center of the hurricane does the air rise or sink?

In the center of the hurricane is the eye. That winds rise s up and when your in the eye, You don't get harmed. The eye is always calm.


What was the biggest recorded sink hole?

HURRICANE


Do people really die from lack of air from a hurricane?

No, there is plenty of air (and air pressure) in a hurricane, and plenty of other ways to die in a hurricane.


Is the air rising or falling at the eye of the hurricane?

Air is falling in the eye of a hurricane.


Is a hurricane in air or water?

A hurricane is a system of sustained winds, so in the air.


Does styrofoam sink in air or float?

sink


Does air float or sink in gasoline?

sink


Is a hurricane made out of wind?

A hurricane is not made out of wind . . . a hurricane is made from warm air currents and air moisture, and creates highs winds.


Is air in a hurricane?

yes


Why did the atocha sink?

The Atocha was in a hurricane and it got slamed into the Marqaeses Keys coral reef


Does air pressure increase or decrease towards the center of the hurricane?

Air pressure decreases at the center (eye) of a hurricane


How did Hurricane Sandy's wind form?

Hurricane Sandy's winds formed by the Sun heating air and that air convecting.