Hurricanes are one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters around. During a hurricane the mixture of water and winds can be extremely damaging. The winds are extremely dangerous and usually go no faster than about 75 miles per hour, but have been documented to go up to 85 miles per hour. Because hurricanes need water to survive, they can't travel too far onto land, but that doesn't stop them from causing billions of dollars in damage. Hurricanes are so dangerous that they have been listed at number 1 on the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences' list of hazards and disasters. Picture this, you're sitting on your porch drinking coffee and reading today's paper and you're looking out at the street struggling to breathe amidst the fast-moving rain and violent waters that are trying to drag you under, forever. Your house no longer exists, it is destroyed by the pounding waters and fast winds. This is exactly what it would be like if you were in the middle of a hurricane. After the hurricanes pass, the confusion is crazy, children who had loving families are now orphans, people become homeless, and people lose certain joys like walking due to paralysis. This is exactly why hurricanes are considered an extremely serious natural disaster. With the extraordinary speed and agility of the hurricane they cannot be stopped by man. When faced with a hurricane, the only thing people can do is run. Hurricanes only stop when weather conditions change, and if the weather doesn't change a single hurricane can go on for months ruining more and more property and killing more and more people. This may be one of the things that makes the hurricane so scary to most, when faced with it there is nothing you can do but hope and evacuate. Hurricanes are extremely dangerous and should be considered as such, the amount of damage they can cause is Hurricanes require upwelling of warm, moist air to continue A tropical storm is considered a hurricane when its winds are greater than 74 miles per hour. 'Now. Hurricanes only occur in the summer months when water temperatures are above 79 degrees Fahrenheit. A hurricane's lifespan can last about two weeks as it crosses an ocean and can generate enough energy to travel along the entire Atlantic coast. A hurricane ends when strong winds tear it apart or when there is no longer enough warm moisture to keep it intact. This happens when a hurricane travels over colder water or land masses. Even if a hurricane is coming to an end, it can still be rejuvenated if it moves into a region that has the warm moisture it needs to survive, or if it joins another storm system. Of all the existing forces of nature, hurricanes could be considered one of the most powerful of all such forces that can cause massive amounts of destruction in such a short period of time. A hurricane is a powerful swirling storm of winds measuring 200-300 miles in diameter. Hurricanes are an area of ​​low pressure that forms over the oceans in the tropical regions of the North Atlantic Ocean or eastern North Pacific