Category 1 Hurricane Research Paper

Imagine climbing on top of your house or a raft with your family, desperately waiting for the rescue crew to come. These events are caused by hurricanes, but did you ever wonder how these vortexes of destruction came to be? Hurricanes are very large storms that has winds that can at least blow at 119 kilometers per hour (74 miles per hour) These natural disasters usually cause floods, power outages, and lots of wind. Hurricanes always have a name to classify which is which, and they also are categorized into categories.

The science behind it

A hurricane needs a couple of components to survive. One of them is warm water and the other is winds going the same direction. If a hurricane didn’t have either of those, it wouldn’t last very long or be destructive.

Scientists categorize hurricanes by its wind speed using the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. There are 5 categories for a hurricane and each can do dangerous damage.

A category 1 hurricane would have winds of 119 to 153 km per hour (or 74 to 95 mph). A category 2 hurricane would have winds going from 154 to 177 km per hour (96 to 110 mph). A category 3 hurricane has winds of 178 to 208 km per hour (111 to 129 mph). A category 4 hurricane has winds of 209-251 km per hour (130 to 156 mph). And finally, a category 5 hurricane has winds of more than 252 km per hour (157 mph). But before a hurricane gets categorized it usually starts out as a tropical disturbance. This is when rain clouds accumulate over an area with warm ocean waters. After the tropical disturbance is a tropical depression, this is when the rain clouds become thunderclouds and winds go up to 62 km per hour (38 mph). Tropical depressions then become a tropical storm when its winds reach 63 km per hour (39 mph) Finally, a tropical storm becomes a hurricane when it when its winds reach 119 km per hour (74 mph). A hurricane has many parts that contribute to its damage. One of them is the eye, the eye is the center of the storm, this area usually is the most serene of the storm. The next part of the hurricane is the eye wall, this is a ring of thunderstorms

surrounding the eye that has the strongest winds and heaviest rain. Finally, there are rainbands, these are spirals of clouds, rain, and thunderstorms that extend out from the hurricane's eye wall to other places. Sometimes tornadoes are found in these rain bands. Scientists also name hurricanes so they are able to identify them easily. There are 6 lists of tropical storm names and these are reused every 6 years. The names are ordered alphabetically and if one of the hurricane names did devastating damage, then it is removed and replaced from the list.
How hurricanes affect people
There are many hurricanes that have caused devastating damage. Some examples of these are hurricanes Harvey, Sandy, Irma, and many more. These hurricanes have not only affected people’s lives but it affected how others see each other. Hurricane Harvey had flooded Houston Texas.This catastrophic hurricane had hit Texas on Friday night and downpoured rain all over. (“What is a hurricane?”)The flooding caused from this hurricane had forced thousands to climb up to safety or higher ground. There were many rescuers who tried to save all the desperate people. These kinds of hurricanes help to show others the hopeless people that were affected. Another cataclysmic hurricane is Hurricane Irma. Hurricane Irma had appeared in many areas of Florida. Many homes were swamped and trees were uprooted. Irma had affected many states and it brought record breaking wind speeds. Millions of people had lost power, and hundreds of thousands of people had gone to shelters. The floodwaters caused by the storm were record breaking. These hurricanes put fear in many people and help to give others empathy and sympathy of what’s going on around them.
Conclusion
To summarize, hurricanes are very deadly natural disasters that start off from just minor storms. These hurricanes affect how many people think of natural disasters.