A hurricane, or "tropical cyclone," is the generic name for a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical waters and has close, low-level circulation. Tropical cyclones are the most dangerous storms on this planet, and they're getting stronger. Learn more from the following infographic by Futurism.
Infographic Sources:
1. Harvey in Houston: Most Extreme Rains Ever For a Major U.S. City
2. Historic Hurricane Harvey's Recap
3. What is the difference between a hurricane, a cyclone, and a typhoon?
4. Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
5. U.S. Storm Surge Records
6. Irma, Harvey and Climate Change: It's Complicated
7. World Storm Surge Records
8. Wave Heights - Hurricane Sandy 2012
9. Hurricane Katrina - August 2005
10. Hurricane Sandy
11. Global Warming and Hurricanes
1. Harvey in Houston: Most Extreme Rains Ever For a Major U.S. City
2. Historic Hurricane Harvey's Recap
3. What is the difference between a hurricane, a cyclone, and a typhoon?
4. Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale
5. U.S. Storm Surge Records
6. Irma, Harvey and Climate Change: It's Complicated
7. World Storm Surge Records
8. Wave Heights - Hurricane Sandy 2012
9. Hurricane Katrina - August 2005
10. Hurricane Sandy
11. Global Warming and Hurricanes
Top image (bottom): Eye of hurricane Irma over the island of Barbuda (6 September 2017). Credit: NASA//Wikimedia Commons.
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