Hurricanes
Hurricanes are one of nature’s
fiercest storms and are the only natural disasters that aregiven a name. They
are found all across the world and are named differently based on where they
are found. In the North and Central America and in the Caribbean they are
known as hurricanes. In China and the Western North Pacific they are known
as typhoons. In the Indian Ocean and parts of Australia they are known as
cyclones and in the Philippines they are known as Baguios. Hurricanes act
as heat engines that transfer heat from the warm, moist air above the the
tropical oceans into the cores of the hurricanes.
Source: http://cgee.hamline.edu/see/crs_and_concept/see_essay_primer_4-5.htm