Hurricane, the power of the oceans It is one of the natural events that can be seen most clearly. The vertically rising and rotating wind wave formed in a hurricane is called a tornado. These two weather events, which are integrated with each other, occur in many parts of the world during certain seasons.

However, when looking at frequency of occurrence, tornadoes and hurricanes are most experienced in America. In America, where almost everything is in the extremes, weather conditions are also experienced in the extremes. While the speed of the snakes reaches 120 kilometers, The speed of hurricanes exceeds 120 km/h. The damage it left behind is measured in millions of dollars.

Well, what is the reason why hurricanes and tornadoes that occur from time to time in most parts of the world and even our country are so frequent in America?

The biggest reason, as we can all guess, geolocation and functions. Hot air and warm sea water are needed for both events to occur. There is plenty of both in America.

Especially the coastline, in the summer hot and humid Hurricanes and tornadoes are common in these regions of America. Many conditions such as temperature, humidity, airflow, different temperatures in the atmosphere are effective in the formation of hurricanes and tornadoes.

Yes, we already know that from geography lessons. However, there is a secret we may not know about the winds that are effective in forming hurricanes and tornadoes:

There the winds first appeared. As you can see on the map, hurricanes don’t appear directly in the US. kilometers away in West Africa It starts as a wind and turns into a hurricane in a week or two, depending on their size.

Let’s get a little more basic and look at how winds are formed in West Africa.

The base of the wind here, of the Sahara desert It is the interaction between the hot and dry air of the Gulf of Guinea and the cold and humid air of the Gulf of Guinea. These winds blow from west to east african east jet is called.

Storms form as a result of this interaction and, depending on their intensity, go to europe or to America. The wind or storm that goes to Europe either loses its strength and disappears due to the temperature of the water, or the effect is not as strong as in America.

Winds in the Sahara desert, hundreds or even thousands of miles away from America, warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean When it interacts with Earth, two of the three factors that cause storms to turn into hurricanes and tornadoes happen.

• These three factors are; moist air, high ocean temperatures, and the Earth’s rotation.

According to research, only six of the 60 weather events that originate in Africa turn into hurricanes.

These, in turn, become stronger with the energy they collect after crossing the Atlantic and affect America. If we look at the effect it has left, this number is quite high.

with global warming It is also clear that tornadoes and hurricanes are becoming more common in our world, which has lost its equilibrium with each other.

So why have hurricanes been given male and female names since 1953?

Statistics are easier to keep track of. Names determined according to the list previously prepared by the World Meteorological Organization, In alphabetic order progresses. The list does not include names beginning with the letters Q, U, X, Y, and Z.

Hurricane, which causes many deaths and property loss, is one of the names on the list that returns every 6 years, ‘myth’ accepted and his name will be removed from the list. For example, the name of Hurricane Katrina, which caused a major disaster in 2005, was removed from the list.

• You can view the list of hurricane names for the next several years here.