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Hurricans
Title: Hurricans
Category: Society & Culture / Environment
Details: Words: 612 | Pages: 2.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Hurricans
Hurricanes
Hurricanes get their start over the warm tropical waters of the North
Atlantic Ocean near the equator. Most hurricanes appear in late summer or
early fall, when sea temperatures are at their highest. The warm waters
heats the air above it, and the updrafts of warm, moist air begin to rise.
Day after day the fluffy cumuli form atop the updrafts. But the cloud
tops rarely rise higher than about 6,000 feet.
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Hurricane Dorthy) In that time, it may travel tens of thousands of miles
over the sea and land.
At sea, hurricane winds whip up giant waves up to 20 feet high. Such
waves can tear freighters and other oceangoing ships in half. Over land,
hurricane winds can uproot trees, blow down telephone lines and power
lines, and tear chimneys off rooftops. The air is filled with deadly
flying fragments of brick, wood, and glass.
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