Irish Weather update

Right now Ireland is experiencing a different type of extreme weather conditions, a cold snap with servere frost, ice and snow fall. updats can be found on http://www.met.ie/

What is the difference between hurricanes and typhoons?

Nothing! The only difference between theese tropical storms is the location in which they occur. In the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Eastern Pacific Ocean, they are called hurricanes. In the Western Pacific Ocean, they are called typhoons.

Top Hurricanes?

1 of the most costly hurricanes to hit the us?  Hurricane Katrina (LA, MS, AL) 2005 Category 5, Estimated Damage $76,000,000,000
 
1 of the most deadly hurricanes to hit the us? Hurricane Katrina.
 
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating hurricanes to hit the us. A real Tragedy for all affected.
 

This is an image of approaching hurricane Katrina.

More Facts!

• Most Hurricanes rage in the sea.
• Slower hurricanes can cause more rain and more damage than fast moving hurricanes due to flooding.
• The first man to name hurricanes was C. Wragge, an Australian weather forecaster

More Fun Facts

Did You Know?

• The scale used to measure hurricanes is the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
• Other names for hurricanes include,typhoons, cyclonic storms and tropical depressions

Interesting Hurricane Facts :D

 

Welcome to my Ty blog about hurricanes and interesting hurricane factsA hurricane is a very powerful storm with a low pressure centre that produces heavy rain and strong winds.  

Hurricanes have both male and female names now.  But original only had female names.

The first hurricane of any year is given a name starting with A and moves though the alphabet from A to Z.

Hurricane season is June to November

Did you know?

• There is a large hurricane on the planet Jupiter which has been going for over 300 years.  It is bigger than the entire earth and shows up as a red spot on the planets surface.
• Every second a large hurricane release the same pressure of 6 atomic bombs.
• Hurricanes can produce tornados.