How Do Hurricanes Form? Disaster Science Explained
A hurricane is one of nature's most powerful events. Here's how a big one is born and the climate conditions that feed it.
By Douglas Fox
Sep 10, 2018
As of Monday, September 10, 2018, Hurricane Florence was just a relatively small storm circling way out in the Atlantic Ocean. But the National Hurricane Center is already sounding off serious warnings. This storm is coming for the U.S. Eastern Seaboard, and it is coming with a fury.
While Atlantic hurricane season officially begins in June, August and September see the warmest sea temperatures in the Atlantic. That means means lots of fuel for a hurricane, which is why Florence looks so dangerous as it proceeds along its projected path toward the Carolinas.
Want to know more about how hurricanes form and strengthen? Here's the science. (And if you're in the path of Florence, be cause to peruse our last-minute checklist for hurricane prep.)
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a7129/how-a-hurricane-works-6327757/
