Hurricanes

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Hurricanes

• By Quint

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Facts about Hurricanes

• Hurricanes can give winds from 75mph to 200mph.
• They get up to 600 miles across

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How Hurricanes are Measured

• Herbert Saffir created the 5 category scale for
  measuring the intensity of hurricanes.
• Category 1 trees and unanchored mobile homes are
  damaged
• Category 2 winds 96-110mph.Roofing material,
  door, and window damage of buildings.
• Category 3 winds 111-130mph. Curtain wall
  failures and
• mobile home damage.
• Category 4 winds 131-155mph. More curtain wall
  failures, roof failure, and complete destruction
  of mobile homes.
• Category 5 the complete failure of roofs and
  some structures.

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More Facts About Hurricanes
           

• They move 5-10 mph.
• The eye is the calmest part of the hurricane.
• Hurricanes are just huge storms.

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More facts

• Hurricanes rotate counter clock wise.
• Evaporation from seawater increases its power.
• Hurricanes usually form in the tropical zones
  north and south of the equator.
• A storm becomes a hurricane when its winds reach
  75 mph.
• On average, there are around 45 hurricanes each
  year.

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In Memory

• Herbert Saffir was the creator of the 5 category
  scale for measuring the intensity of hurricanes.
  He passed away on November 23, 2007, from
  complications of surgery. He was 90 years old.