Hurricanes are absolutely destructive tropical storms that are formed over the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. These storms are also known by other names in different locations across the stratum; like in China they are known as ‘typhoons’. Hurricanes are formed due to the humid, warm air that prevails over the warm ocean close to the equator. This hot air is like a fuel that pushes it towards the storm.
How are hurricanes formed is a topic of incessant debates and logical explanations. When warm air moves up, a low pressure area forms below it and eventually air from the surrounding high-pressure areas fill into that area. The air that fills in also turns moist and warm and rises up. This process continues with new air again filling the space left by the air rising up. Then the moist air that rises up cools off and the water in the air helps clouds to form.
Then clouds start spinning due to the wind accompanied by the surface water and the ocean’s heat. This continuous spinning results in the storm and an eye is formed at the center of it. This eye has a lower air pressure and air from the higher-pressure area pushes inside into the eye. It starts speeding up and when it reaches 74 mph, the hurricane is formed.
Rotation of earth on its axis determines the spin of the storm. Storms spin clockwise and anticlockwise depending on its origin, which is either north or south of the equator. When they rush towards land, they fade away as soon as they hit the ground. This happens because they lack in the energy supplied by the warm waters. But as the hurricane moves inward into the land, wind and heavy rainfall destroys the areas immensely. This span of time when it hits the land had caused great losses to mankind and nature.
No doubt, hurricanes have devastating effect on earth. However there are satellites built by NASA that help weather forecasters warn people about such devastating storms. Usually during summer time and early autumn, scientists keep strong vigilance to track any such developing hurricane. This helps save life, as they are carefully transported to safer areas.
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