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Tracks of all known Category 4 Pacific hurricanes from 1949-2011 in the central and eastern Pacific basins
Tracks of all known Category 4 Pacific hurricanes from 1949-2011 in the central and eastern Pacific basins
Track map of all Category 4 hurricanes in the Eastern Pacific Basin. The points show the location of the storm at 6-hour intervals. The colour represents the storm's maximum sustained wind speeds as classified in the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (see below), and the shape of the data points represent the nature of the storm, according to the legend below.
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The eye of Hurricane Irma is clearly visible from the International Space Station as it orbited over the Category 5 storm on Sept. 5, 2017.
The eye of Hurricane Irma is clearly visible from the International Space Station as it orbited over the Category 5 storm on Sept. 5, 2017.
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Storm Tracking
A meteorologist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, monitors satellite images of a storm. Satellite technology allows scientists to predict the strength and direction of storms, leading to earlier and more-accurate forecasts.
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Hurricane Waves Hit Bermuda
Strong hurricanes can push sea surges inland. Such was the case with Hurricane Florence (2006), when high waves crashed down on the front lawns of these Bermuda residences.
Source: © David Skinner/The Royal Gazette/AP Images
Hurricane Sandy
- On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy pounded the entire east coast of the United States. It was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record—more than 1,100 miles (1,770 kilometers) wide. This NASA satellite image shows the storm just hours before making landfall north of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Hurricane Eye Wall
Within the swirling structure of a hurricane, the winds are strongest in the bands closer to the eye. Immediately surrounding the eye is a bright ring of clouds called the "eye wall." This picture, taken by NOAA's Hurricane Hunter team, shows the donut-shaped eye and rising eye wall of a powerful hurricane.
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Torrential Rain
Torrential rain from hurricanes and typhoons can lead to flooding and mudslides. Here, schoolchildren in Manila wade down flooded streets after schools shut down early due to Typhoon Pabuk (2007).
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Launching a Weather Balloon
In addition to automated devices, meteorologists use radiosondes—instrument packages—to record the local weather information needed to make a forecast. While floating through the atmosphere, radiosondes carried by balloons measure temperature, humidity, air pressure, and wind speed.
SOURCE: © Nick Krug/AP Images
Barometer
A barometer measures changes in air pressure, expressed in units of millibars. A change in air pressure usually means a change in weather. A drop in pressure often means that stormy weather is coming. A rise in pressure usually means that clear weather is on the way.
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Cyclones, Hurricanes and Typhoons are the same extreme weather phenomenon. The only difference is that they are called different names when they’re in different places. In the atlantic and northern pacific the storm is called a hurricane. In the northwestern pacific they’re called typhoons. In southeastern Indian Ocean and southwestern Pacific, they are called severe tropical cyclones. In the northern Indian Ocean, they're called severe cyclonic storms. In the southwestern Indian Ocean, they're just tropical cyclones
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Cyclones have and eye and eyewall and rainbands. The eye of the cyclone is a circular area where there is the lowest atmospheric pressure, typically 30–65 km (20–40 miles) in diameter.
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Total Devastation from Hurricane Katrina
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Ike, 2008: , Ike turned to Texas, sending storm surges that leveled homes on Galveston Island. It's remnants did extensive damage as far north as Ohio, where 2.6 million people lost power. Here, an Air Force Reserve pararescueman scans the ravaged Texas landscape shortly after Ike.
SOURCE: Cnn.com
Storm Surge in Miami 1945
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Storm Surge from Hurricane Carol in Connecticut, 1954
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