HURRICANES

Intro

CATEGORIES

• Little rain, minor flooding, little damage
• Trees down, coastal flooding, little roof damage
• Severe flooding, house damage, mobile home destroyed
• Severe inland flooding, some roofs ripped off, major damage
• Severe flooding farther inland, serious damage to most wooden structures

WORST HURRICANES

• Gravestone - Texas, 1900
• Okeechobee - Florida, 1928
• Katrina - The Bahamas, Louisiana & Florida, 2005
• Andrew - Florida, 1992

Latest Hurricane in Florida

NAMES NOT IN USE

• IRMA
• HARVEY
• KATRINA
• ANDREW
• WILMA
• These names have been retired because they were such bad storms.

FORMATION

• Hurricanes form when moist water and dry air meet.
• Makes a twister

RECENT HURRICANES IN PUERTO RICO

• Two major hurricanes hit Puerto Rico in September of last year within days of each other.
• These storms were Hurricane Irma & Hurricane Maria.
• Some of the island of Puerto Rico is still without power to this day.

FUN FACTS

• Hurricanes occurred before dinosaurs roamed the earth.
• Hurricanes have wiped whole towns off the map.
• Since Puerto Rico is a US Territory, Puerto Ricans are also Americans. So the US government should provide for them too.

Sources

• National Hurricane Center
• Fox 26 Houston
• Wikipedia

SUMMARY

• FORMATION
• CATGORIES
• WORST HURRICANES
• LATEST HURRICANES IN FLORIDA
• RECENT STORMS IN PUERTO RICO

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