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because when cold and warm air collide over the ocean they spin in a counterclockwise direction. when wind speeds reach up to 75 mph it is called a hurricane or typhoon. the difference between a hurricane and typhoon is hurricanes happen on the east coast of North America and typhoons happen on the west coast.
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What type of tropical storm with winds 119km per hour or more?
Such a storm is called a hurricane.
How many people died during hurricane zeta?
"Hurricane" Zeta was never a hurricane, just a tropical storm. There were no deaths from Tropical Storm Zeta.
How does a hurricane flood buildings?
There are two ways. In coastal areas the winds of a hurricane can drive the ocean onto land in what is called the storm surge. The flooding from the storm surge often enters buildings. Hurricanes also produce torrential rain that often causes flooding.
What is the widest type of storm?
hurricane is the biggest type of storm
How does a hurricane remain a hurricane?
a hurricane remains a hurricane when the hurricane is 74 miles and up, if it is lower, its downgraded into a tropical storm.
Can a storm surge result in a hurricane?
No. It's the other way around: a hurricane causes a storm surge.
What storm causes the most damage?
A hurricane causes the most damage overall.
What causes a hurricane's storm surge other than a combination of high winds?
Low pressure also contributes to the storm surge.
Hurricane is to storm as cirrus is?
Hurricane is to storm as cirrus is to cloud.
What type of tropical storm with winds 119km per hour or more?
Such a storm is called a hurricane.
What is it called when a hurricane causes the water of the ocean to rise much higher than usual?
The storm surge.
What type of storm is a hurricane before it is classified as a hurricane?
A hurricane is a storm its also a typhoon its the same :)
Which type of storm causes the most flooding in areas located near an ocean coastline and why?
A Hurricane, because a Hurricane starts on water then off of the water into the land.
How hurricane Andrew start?
Hurricane Andrew obviously started as a Tropical storm . every single hurricane starts as a tropical storm hurricanes can sometimes go from a tropical storm to A Up from hurricane to a tropical storm very quickly . but the wind speed to start a hurricane is 74 anything less is a tropical storm
What is the name of the storm in the book The Cay?
The storm in the book "The Cay" is called Hurricane Hilda. It is a powerful storm that causes the main characters, Philip and Timothy, to be stranded on an uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea.
Is a storm worse than a hurricane?
No. A hurricane is a kind of storm and is one of the worst kinds if not the worst.
Which side of the eye of a hurricane receives the greatest force force from the storm and gets most damage?
The right side of a hurricane's eye wall usually causes the worst damage.
