Hurricane!

Hurricane! book cover — AT U R EÊSF U N R Y NATUREÊS FURY HURRICANE Anne Rooney

Hurricane! — page 1 — AT U R EÊSF U N R Y What Is a Hurricane What Is a Hurricane Ahurricane is a furious spiraling tropical storm system that can smash buildings apart and hurl trees cars and massive chunks of debris far into the air Wind speeds in a hurricane can reach more than 150 miles 250 kilometers per hour The wind brings with it torrential rain and thunderstorms A hurricane roars in from the ocean and lashes the coast for hours causing terrible damage but dies down quite quickly as it moves farther inland Sand whips through a parking lot in Fort Lauderdale Florida as Hurricane Katrina 2005 hits the United States Angry gods and big winds Tropical storm systems in the Americas are called hurricanes but they are known by different names around the world People in the Americas call them hurricanes after the ancient Mayan and Taino god of wind storms and destruction Hurakan or Jurakan In southeast Asia where tropical storms come from the Pacific people call them typhoons from the Japanese tai foon meaning great wind In India and Australia tropical storms are called cyclones A tropical storm can be officially classed as a hurricane typhoon or cyclone if it has winds that blow faster than 74 miles 118 kilometers per hour 4

Hurricane!

Hurricane!

"Hurricane!" describes how and where hurricanes happen. It looks at how they form at sea and the destruction they cause when they hit land.

About This Book

By: Anna Rooney

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Published by: Arcturus Publishing provided by Britannica

9-12Age Range

-AR

30Pages

Science & NatureSubject

-Lexile

15-30 minsReading Time

-Guided Reading

-Fountas & Pinnell

-DRA

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