Hurricane
The hurricane threshold is 74 miles per hour, or 119 kilometers per hour. This topic is part of Weather within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 14 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Hurricane trivia questions
A hurricane is a powerful tropical storm that forms over what?
Answer: Warm ocean water
Bonus fact: Tropical cyclones draw energy from warm ocean water and moist air.
In the Atlantic and eastern North Pacific, a tropical cyclone becomes a hurricane when sustained winds reach at least what speed?
Answer: 74 mph
Bonus fact: The hurricane threshold is 74 miles per hour, or 119 kilometers per hour.
What is the calm, relatively clear center of a mature hurricane called?
Answer: Eye
Bonus fact: The eye is surrounded by the eyewall, where the storm's strongest winds often occur.
An earthquake, hurricane, or flood that causes severe damage can be called what?
Answer: Disaster
Bonus fact: Disasters are serious disruptions that cause widespread human, economic, or environmental losses.
Atlantic hurricane names are maintained internationally by what organization?
Answer: World Meteorological Organization
Bonus fact: WMO committees maintain rotating name lists.
What happens to the name of an especially deadly or destructive hurricane?
Answer: It may be retired
Bonus fact: Retired names are replaced to avoid confusion and insensitivity.
The eye is located where in a hurricane?
Answer: Center
Bonus fact: The eye is surrounded by the eyewall.
Weather in the eye of a strong hurricane is often what?
Answer: Relatively calm
Bonus fact: The strongest winds are usually in the eyewall.
What ring of intense thunderstorms surrounds a hurricane's eye?
Answer: Eyewall
Bonus fact: The eyewall contains the storm's strongest winds and heaviest rain.
What is a tropical cyclone called in the western North Pacific?
Answer: Typhoon
Bonus fact: Typhoon, hurricane, and cyclone are regional names for similar tropical systems.
What is a tropical cyclone called in the North Atlantic when strong enough?
Answer: Hurricane
Bonus fact: The term hurricane is used in the Atlantic and northeastern Pacific.
Which Ward novel won the National Book Award in 2011?
Answer: Salvage the Bones
Bonus fact: The novel is set around Hurricane Katrina.