Exam 11: Hurricanes

Wind speeds at the eye of a hurricane are relatively calm.

Overwarning is difficult to avoid in hurricane forecasting.

What are the peak months for hurricane activity in the North Atlantic?

Each year between 100 and 200 tropical storms develop around the world.

Hurricanes in the Indian Ocean are called cyclones.

Cyclone Nargis made landfall in:

A major limitation of Doppler radar for hurricane monitoring is its ability to "see":

Hurricanes are responsible for more property damage than tornadoes.

Hurricanes can sustain their maximum wind speed for quite awhile after making landfall.

The cost of the damage of one hurricane can exceed $1 billion.

The greatest number of hurricane-related deaths may be attributed to:

Which of the following has historically proven most susceptible to large losses of life (>100,000)from storm surge in the twentieth century?

An easterly wave contributes to hurricane development by:

The largest number of hurricanes form right along the equator.

The eye wall of a hurricane:

What causes the winds of a hurricane to be so fast?

What is the proper order of storm intensity in terms of increasing wind speed?

The ________ scale is used to rank the relative intensity of hurricanes.

-The ________ scale is used to establish categories of hurricane intensity.

Hurricanes that affect the United States occur most frequently during the same months as tornadoes are most prevalent.