Interesting science facts about hurricanes

Hurricanes are tropical cyclones that are also known under the names typhoons, tropical storms, cyclonic storms, tropical depressions, depending on its location and strength.

Hurricanes develop over large bodies of warm water, and lose their strength if they move over land and because of this they do much bigger damage to coastal areas than the inland.

Hurricanes are not only devastating winds that do great damage to humans, they are extremely important to relieve drought conditions, and they also help maintain a relatively stable and warm temperature worldwide by moving warm, moist tropical air to the middle latitudes and polar regions.

Hurricanes that develop in the northwest Pacific Ocean are the largest on earth on average, twice as large as the ones that develop in Atlantic.

Hurricanes are most frequent in the late summer because this is the time when the difference between temperatures aloft and sea surface temperatures is the greatest. September is the most active month for hurricanes.

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