Hurricanes are gigantic tropical storms that can be hundreds of kilometres wide. They bring along very strong winds and a lot of rainfall. They often cause flooding near the coasts and cause sea levels to rise.
Hurricanes occur in many parts of the world. In the Pacific Ocean they are called typhoons and in Australia they are willy-willies. In the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, they are called hurricanes.
Contents (20 pages)
- Introduction
- How hurricanes start
- Structure of a hurricane
- How hurricanes move
- Hurricane names
- Categories of hurricanes
- Damage
- Preparing for a hurricane
- Hurricane Katrina
- Exercises
- Word list
- Key
Hurricane Kate (2003)
Image: NASA MODIS Satellite Imagery,
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