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Hurricanes:
- Are hundreds of miles wide.
- Form only over warm ocean water.
- Last for days and sometimes weeks.
- Produce rain and flooding in addition to powerful winds.
- Are independent, self sustaining storm systems.
- Have winds ranging from 74 to about 200 mph
Tornadoes
- Are rarely over a mile wide
- Usually form over land
- Usually last minutes, rarely a few hours
- Cause damage via wind and debris
- Are dependent on a larger parent storm
- have winds ranging from 65 to about 300mph
- Often have a condensation funnel.
What else can I help you with?
What are the dangers of a hurricaines?
1destruction of houses 3.destruction of nature
What is the hurricaines source of energy?
Tidal energy and lunar movements.
How do the hurricaines form?
by survire rain storms and wind going two different ways and the wind begins to spin and get more powerful and as it does it becomes a hurricain.
How are volcanoes and tornadoes different?
thay are different because lava comes out a volcano and tornadoes have winds and rain and it twists
Why do tornadoes spin different ways?
on the southern hemisphere tornadoes spin clockwise and on the north hemisphere tornadoes spin anticlockwise
Has Mexico suffered any natural diasters?
Earthquakes are not uncommon in Mexico, and they are also frequently hit by hurricaines.
Do tornadoes relate to hurricanes?
Not really. Although hurricanes and tornadoes have some notable similarities, they are completely different phenomena. It is not uncommon for hurricanes to produce tornadoes, but most tornadoes are not a result of hurricanes.
Are hurricanes huge tornadoes?
No. Hurricanes and tornadoes are two different types of storm. Size is not the only difference.
Are tornadoes and hurricanes one storm or the other?
Tornadoes and hurricanes are different weather phenomena. Tornadoes are rotating columns of air that extend from a thunderstorm to the ground, while hurricanes are large, rotating storms that form over warm ocean waters. They are not the same and have different characteristics and impacts.
What are some things you see in a Mardi Gras parade?
Floats, beads, naked people, drunk people, coconuts, hurricaines.
Are there any tornadoes on the sun?
No. recently. In recent years astronomers have observed magnetic vortices on the sun that have been informally dubbed "solar tornadoes" but they are not actual tornadoes and are driven by different mechanisms from tornadoes on Earth.
Are tornadoes and hurricanes both vortices?
Yes. Both tornadoes and hurricanes are vortices, though they are on entire different scales.
