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Hurricanes: What do you know about them?

Learn about hurricanes, the most dangerous storms on Earth. Discover how they form, the severe weather they can spawn, and the damage they can cause. Explore the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on the Atlantic coastline.

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Hurricanes: What do you know about them?

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  1. Hurricanes: What do you know about them?

  2. Hurricanes • Hurricanes are the largest, most dangerous storms on Earth • Hurricanes weaken rapidly over land • They can spawn severe weather such as tornadoes as they move inland • Hurricane season typically runs June 1-Nov. 30 • Hurricanes form as warm winds off the African coast merge with cooler Northern winds • Low pressure within the hurricane allows ocean water to rise causing a storm surge (flooding)

  3. The following images and captions of Hurricane Sandy were taken from msn.com and forbes.com on Oct. 30, 2012. Wanted to let you know so that you can go check out what I didn’t choose to put into this slideshow.

  4. Hurricane Sandy: Hits the Atlantic Coastline on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012 (Two Days ago)

  5. See what the wind map looks like right now: Click Here

  6. Sandy has killed at least 33 people across six states, has left more than 6 million without power, and has absolutely crippled the mass transit system that the nation’s biggest city relies upon to function, with many subway tunnels flooded.

  7. Taxis under water Hurricane Sandy brings high winds, large waves and inclement weather to the East coast Taxi cabs line a flooded street in Queens

  8. Subway floods Floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy rush into the Port Authority Trans-Hudson's (PATH) Hoboken, New Jersey station through an elevator shaft in this video frame grab from the NY/NJ Port Authority twitter feed October 29, 2012.

  9. This super storm will certainly go down as one of the greatest ever to hit the United States, with damage amounts well in excess of Irene’s $10 billion hit in 2011. EQUECAT has estimated that the damage will be on the order of $20 billion, which would put it in the neighborhood of Hurricane Ike, which struck Texas in 2008.

  10. Waves crash on Scituate Ocean waves kick up near homes along Peggoty Beach in Scituate, Mass. Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.

  11. Crashing waves at a boardwalk High winds blow sea foam onto Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area.  Governors from North Carolina, where steady rains were whipped by gusting winds Saturday night, to Connecticut declared states of emergency. Delaware ordered mandatory evacuations for coastal communities by 8 p.m. Sunday.

  12. One concern on the minds of New Yorkers is what happens to all rats when the subway floods? Rats are good swimmers, at least in calm waters, so many of the millions of vermin are likely to have escaped the waters and scurried to the safety of buildings. One possible upside: it might be the case that the biggest, meanest, dominant rats live deeper down in the subways tunnels, and so may have drowned in the flooding. At least that’s according to tweets from Bora Zivkovic (@boraz), who writes for Scientific American. “Many will drown. Bloated carcasses will float to the top. They can swim, but not dive through pipes, upwards, in rough water,” he wrote, citing a book called “Rats.” Image taken from Hurricane Issac

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