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Hurricanes feed on solar heat given off by the ocean.

For example, when Hurricane Katrina moved over so verey warm waters called the Loop Current. Her winds picked up speed, reaching 175 MPH! I think that is the main factor that causes Hurricanes to Intensify.

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What is the number one thing a hurricane needs to from?

A hurricane needs warm ocean water to form. Warm water provides the energy needed for the storm to intensify and develop.


What makes a hurricane more powerful?

Several factors can contribute to a hurricane becoming more powerful, including warm ocean temperatures, low wind shear, and high moisture content in the atmosphere. As a hurricane moves over warm waters, it picks up heat and energy, which can intensify its strength. If these conditions persist, the hurricane can grow in size and intensity.


How do hurricanes form tornadoes?

When a hurricane makes landfall it weakens rapidly, with the winds at lower levels weakening faster than those at upper levels. This difference in wind speed creates wind shear, which can cause the thunderstorms in the rain bands of a hurricane to start rotating. This rotating can then tighten and intensify to form tornadoes.


How does the ammount of humidity affect hurricane formation?

A hurricane needs humidity to develop. Humidity is the amount of water in the air. A hurricane starts off as a series of thunderstorms which intensify as it moves over the warm humid sea. The humidity continues to grow over the sea. Any sort of decrease or increase in humidity can change the strength of a hurricane.


What is the speed that makes a storm a hurricane?

A storm becomes a hurricane when its sustained wind speed reaches 74 miles per hour (119 kilometers per hour) or higher. At this point, it is classified as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.

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What is the number one thing a hurricane needs to from?

A hurricane needs warm ocean water to form. Warm water provides the energy needed for the storm to intensify and develop.


What makes a hurricane more powerful?

Several factors can contribute to a hurricane becoming more powerful, including warm ocean temperatures, low wind shear, and high moisture content in the atmosphere. As a hurricane moves over warm waters, it picks up heat and energy, which can intensify its strength. If these conditions persist, the hurricane can grow in size and intensity.


Where does a hurricane get its water?

A hurricane gets its water from the warm ocean surface, where it evaporates and forms a large amount of water vapor. This water vapor provides the fuel for the storm to intensify and generate heavy rainfall.


When did hurricane noel occur?

Hurricane Noel occurred in November 2007. It formed as a subtropical storm on November 2 and continued to intensify before transitioning into a hurricane on November 4. It impacted parts of the Caribbean, Bermuda, and the east coast of the United States.


What is the song hurricane by 30 seconds to mars about?

The song Hurricane is about love and hate.


What causes a hurricane to travel with force?

a hurricane does not travel or move the energy inside it makes it move


How do you spell intensify?

Intensify is correct.


What of speech is intensify?

Intensify is a verb.


What is the verb for intensity?

The verb of intensity is intensify. As in "to intensify something".


Why is Hurricane Sandy different from a summer hurricane?

Hurricane Sandy is different from other hurricanes in that she is undergoing what is called extratropical transition, meaning she is losing her tropical characteristics becoming an extratropical cyclone. While entering a cold environment usually weakens a hurricane, this transition and interaction with another storm system is actually allowing Sandy to maintain her strength and even intensify as well as causing her to grow to an enormous size.


Intensify in a sentence?

the sun had to intensify :) The student had to intensify his efforts in the class to raise his F to a passing grade.


What is the verb form of intensity?

The verb form of intensity is intensify. As in "to intensify something".