2006-09-17 07:18:03 · 4 answers · asked by Owen W 1 in Travel ➔ Caribbean ➔ Bahamas
A hurricane is a tropical cyclone with winds of 74 miles (119 kilometers) per hour or greater that occurs especially in the western Atlantic, that is usually accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning, and that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
2006-09-17 08:15:53 · answer #1 · answered by scorpionitty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hurricane is a native american word that means fast wind. A hurricane is a circular storm that forms when cold and warm air meet. In the centre of the hurricane is an eye where it is very calm.
2006-09-17 08:59:39 · answer #2 · answered by truthseekeer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scorpionitty - I think they are always in the atlantic, in the Pacific the same magnitude of storm is called typhoon.
2006-09-20 01:52:41 · answer #3 · answered by Sanmigsean 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a wind that travel at 75 mph or in excess of this.
2006-09-20 10:21:54 · answer #4 · answered by malcy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋