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Essay / Hurricanes: Natural Disasters - 1025
Hurricanes are one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters. During a hurricane, the mixture of water and winds can be extremely damaging. The winds are extremely dangerous and usually do not exceed about 75 miles per hour, but have been documented to go as high as 85 miles per hour. Since hurricanes need water to survive, they can't get too far over land, but that doesn't stop them from causing billions of dollars in damage. Hurricanes are so dangerous that they were ranked number 1 on the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences' list of hazards and disasters. Imagine this, you are sitting on your porch drinking coffee and reading the day's newspaper and you look out at the street where you are struggling to breathe between the fast rain and the violent waters that are trying to engulf you forever . Your house no longer exists, it is in ruins because of the surging waters and fast winds. This is exactly how you would feel if you were in the middle of a hurricane. Once the hurricanes pass, the confusion is insane, children who had loving families are now orphans, people are left homeless, and some miss joys like walking due to paralysis. This is exactly why hurricanes are considered an extremely serious natural disaster. With the hurricane's extraordinary speed and agility, they cannot be stopped by man. When faced with a hurricane, the only thing people can do is flee. Hurricanes only stop when weather conditions change, and if the weather doesn't change, a single hurricane can last for months, destroying more and more property and killing more and more people. Perhaps this is one of the things that makes the hurricane so frightening for most, when faced with it there is nothing to do but hope and evacuate. Hurricanes are extremely dangerous and should be treated as such, the amount of damage they can cause is considerable. Hurricanes require an upwelling of warm, moist air to keep them going. A tropical storm is considered a hurricane when its winds exceed 74 miles. per hour. Hurricanes only occur during the summer months, when water temperatures exceed 79 degrees Fahrenheit. The lifespan of a hurricane can last about two weeks when it crosses an ocean and can generate enough energy to travel up and down the entire Atlantic coast. A hurricane ends when strong winds tear it apart or when there is no longer enough warm moisture to keep it intact. This happens when a hurricane passes through colder water or land. Even if a hurricane is nearing its end, it can still be rejuvenated if it moves toward a region that has the warm moisture it needs to survive, or if it joins another storm system. Among all the natural forces that exist, hurricanes could be considered one of the most powerful forces, capable of causing enormous amounts of destruction in such a short period of time. A hurricane is a powerful storm of swirling winds measuring between 200 and 300 miles in diameter. Hurricanes are an area of low pressure that forms over the oceans in tropical regions of the North Atlantic Ocean or eastern North Pacific.