Hurricanes and Typhoons

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How warm does the ocean have to be for a hurricane or typhoon to form?
Answer: 26.5°C
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What was the name of the 2005 hurricane that ravaged North America?
Answer: Hurricane Katrina
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Name a secondary effect after a hurricane.
Diseases can kill more people than the hurricane did.
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What is the centre of a hurricane called?
The eye
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What is the scale called that measures hurricanes?
Answer: The Saffir-Simpson Scale
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What was the name of the 2005 hurricane that ravaged North America?

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Answer: Hurricane Katrina

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Name a secondary effect after a hurricane.

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What is the centre of a hurricane called?

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What is the scale called that measures hurricanes?

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