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Hurricanes usually originate as disorganized clusters of thunderstorms called tropical disturbances. In the Atlantic, many of the disturbances that become hurricanes develop as the move over the ocean from Africa near the Cape Verde Islands. Hurricanes that begin in this manner, called Cape-Verde type hurricanes, are more likely to become major hurricanes than other Atlantic hurricanes.
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What is the word for grandmother in capeverde Creole?
The word for grandmother in Cape Verdean Creole is "vovó."
What is another word for hurricane in the south pacific?
In the South Pacific, hurricanes are referred to as cyclones.
What are the hurracanes in America called?
We call them hurricanes and sometimes, on the west coast, they refer to them as typhoons.
What are the people that watch hurricanes called?
People who watch and track hurricanes are typically referred to as meteorologists, storm chasers, or hurricane enthusiasts. These individuals monitor the development and progress of hurricanes to provide information and warnings to communities in the storm's path.
What is it called when there is a group of hurricanes?
A group, or 2 or more, hurricanes has no official name. It just pertains to the chaos theory and the fujiwara effect. But when hurricanes do get close enough to each other, they will circle each other until an outside force pulls them apart. This is called the Fujiwara effect.
What are hurricanes called in Aisia?
From what I've seen on other answers, Hurricanes are called typhoons in Asia.
Are hurricanes always called hurricanes?
No they are not always called hurricanes. Win the western Pacific they are called typhoons and in the southern Pacific they are called cyclones. The generic term is tropical cyclone.
Is the hurricane called Able a he or she?
Hurricanes are typically referred to by gender-neutral pronouns, such as "it," rather than assigning a specific gender to them. So Hurricane Able would be referred to as "it."
How was the Joplin tornado named?
Tornadoes do not recieve formal names like hurricanes do, but are generally referred to by the place they hit. The Joplin tornado is referred to as such because it hit the city of Joplin, Missouri.
Did hurricanes always have names?
Hurricanes have not always had names. In 1953 the National Hurricane Center began generating lists of names for each hurricane in a given season. Since that time all hurricanes have had names.
Are tornadoes or hurricanes call 'twisters'?
Tornadoes are called "twisters." Hurricanes are sometimes called "tropical storms" before they reach violent wind speeds, and are referred to as "typhoons" in the Pacific. Both tornadoes and hurricanes can be called "cyclones" because they both have violently rotating wind.
What are some names of tornadoes?
Tornadoes do not get names as hurricanes do. Instead they are usually referred to by the places they hit, such as the Joplin tornado, or the Wichita Falls tornado
