No. The only retire a hurricane name if the storm is especially devastating. Examples of retired storm names include Andrew, Floyd, and Katrina.
Hurricanes weaken when they move over land.
Hurricanes develop over warm seas.
Hurricanes develop over warm ocean water. Tornadoes usually form over land.
Hurricanes develop over warm ocean water while tornadoes usually form over land.
When the predetermined list of names for hurricanes is exhausted, the Greek alphabet is used. For example, if the Atlantic hurricane season runs out of the designated names, it will use Greek letters like Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc., as storm names.
So far there have been 14 tropical storms in the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane season of which 7 become hurricanes. However, the hurricane season is not over, so we may still get more.
Hurricanes go by season. They name them in order of the alphabet and every year they start over. It would have to be a really bad year if you had a hurricane named Hurricane Zoe.
Indeed they do, and only warm ocean water. That is what hurricanes live on is the warmth of the ocean, which is why when they travel over land, they start to get weaker. The ocean is the warmest during hurricane season, for the Atlantic, hurricane season is June 1st - November 30th, hurricanes are also called cyclones in the Atlantic. For the Pacific, hurricanes are also called typhoons, and the hurricane season runs from May 15th - November 30th. Pacific starts about 1/2 a month earlier than the Atlantic.
No, hurricanes must form over the ocean.
Hurricanes weaken when they move over land.
Hurricanes develop over warm seas.
There is a pre-ordered list which has names for each of the next hurricanes. Once the list is gone over. They start over.
Yes. Hurricanes develop over warm ocean water.
The hurricanes of 1999 in North Carolina were some of the deadliest on record. Hurricane Dennis made landfall as a tropical storm, but then produced hurricane-like conditions as it moved along the North Carolina coast. Most of these deadly hurricanes occurred after the hurricane season was over.
Hurricanes develop over warm ocean water. Tornadoes usually form over land.
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Hurricanes form over the open ocean not on islands.