Your Daily Facts about Hurricanes
The word hurricane comes from the Taino Native American word, hurucane, meaning evil spirit of the wind. The first time anyone flew into a hurricane happened in 1943 in the middle of World War II. A tropical storm is classified as a hurricane once winds goes up to 74 miles per hour or higher. Hurricanes are the only weather disasters that have been given their own names. All hurricanes begin life in a warm moist atmosphere over tropical ocean waters. A typical hurricane can du
