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Hurricanes
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Chapter: Violent Weather
Wind
Cyclones/hurricanes
Tornados
Thunderstorms
Lightning
Floods
Global Warming
Tropical cyclone is the general term for an intense low-pressure system in the tropics. Its features are revolving storms and cloud bands around a centre of very low atmospheric pressure. In the Americas its name is hurricane, in Asia typhoon and in Australia simply cyclone.
A mature tropical cyclone shows a distinct cloudless eye, surrounded by very strong winds and bands of severe thunderstorms. The system remains alive until it moves over a region with lower water temperatures or over land. In either case, the supply of warm and moist air stops. Before it dies, however, the system dumps a large amount of rain and may cause widespread flooding.
Very strong winds, sometimes lasting for several hours, blow across communities, causing immense damage to housing and infrastructure.
