Why do cyclones eventually stop?

Answer 1

Once cyclones make landfall, they quickly lose intensity, and usually degenerate into a tropical depression, dumping heavy rain over an area. If they cross a relatively narrow peninsula, there is a good chance they will redevelop when they reach the open sea again.

Answer 2

Cyclones die out on land because there is no more warm ocean water to fuel it. Usually hurricanes don't hit land, but if they do hit, they die after landfall. However, some hurricanes continued to travel for days over land.

Answer 3

Hurricanes depend on a continuous supply of moisture from warm ocean water to maintain themselves. If the storm moves over land or cold water it loses this fuel source and weakens. This can also happens of the hurricane moves into a mass of dry air. Additionally, if a hurricane encounters strong wind shear it can be essentially ripped apart.

Answer 4

This only applies to tropical cyclones, not mid-latitude cyclones. Tropical cyclones need large amounts of moisture to maintain their strength. The amount needed can only be found over warm ocean water. When a tropical cyclone strikes land, it is cut off from its fuel source.

Answer 5

Usually tropical cyclones die out over colder water that cuts off the warm moist air flow they need to continue growing. The same process works out over land but at a much quicker pace.