What are the advantages and disadvantages of hurricanes?

Answer 1

A hurricane's strength is warm ocean water. The storm takes the water to it like a storm cloud. That is why hurricane season is in the summer. Their weakness is land because they get no moisture to keep them moving at a slow pace of 5-10 mph.

Answer 2

Hurricanes are rated on the Saffir-Simpson scale based on their maximum 1-minute sustained wind speeds.

Category 1: 74-95 mph

Category 2: 96-110 mph

Category 3: 111-129 mph

Category 4: 130-156 mph

Category 5: over 156 mph

Answer 3

Hurricanes can be very deadly and destructive when they make landfall, in many cases costing billions of dollars. They are a danger to boats and disrupt shipping.

Hurricanes can also provide relief to areas suffering from drought.

Answer 4

Zero in the centre of the storm!

Winds may reach 165 knots (85 m/s) or 190 miles per hour (310 km/h) like in "Typhoon Tip" 1979

Answer 5

Traversing land weakens a hurricane

staying off shore tends to strengthen it.

Answer 6

Some Weakening factors of hurricanes is just being over land, this means that the hot and cool air needed to continue making it stronger isn't there anymore.

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