What Are Hurricanes, Tropical Cyclones, And Typhoons?
Depending which part of the world you come, from you may here about natures ravaging winds being called tropical cyclones or typhoons, but where I come from in the USA, we know them as hurricanes. Hurricanes can be highly destructive to say the least. Most of the world probably witnessed this more recently with Hurricane Katrina, which was recorded as the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States of America. The hurricane season is well known to the state and residents of Florida and as a consequence they are well equipped and well prepared for any eventuality. This did not seem to be so with Katrina in August of 2005. An estimated 80% of New Orleans was devastated by the immense flooding which was created by the storm surge caused by this giant of hurricanes. It’s not the purpose of this short piece to look for someone or something to blame, as lessons have probably already been learnt from the powers that be, but I just hope that the United Sta
