A Collection of Articles and Websites on Hurricane and Tropical Storm Effects, History, Forecasting, Science, Preparation

Collected below are articles and picture galleries from a few sources on the subjects of hurricane strength, damage, cost, deadliness, forecasting, preparation, names, and formation. These links provide a great research tool for those interested in learning more about hurricane history, and even how hurricanes may affect us in the future. If you can’t find the information you want in the articles and galleries, additional resources, links to scholastic, national, and international weather organizations, are provided at the end of this xomblurb.

The Greatest Hurricanes Ever | LiveScience

This article provides a couple paragraphs each on 35 of the strongest, deadliest, and most damaging hurricanes and tropical storms that have effected the Atlantic Basin, from the Galveston 1900 Hurricane (deadliest US weather disaster of all time) to Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (lowest air pressure ever recorded). If you require more knowledge on an individual storm than is provided in the article, links are given for more information after each weather incident recap.

Hurricane Guide: 2008 Busy Again | LiveScience

This extensive article covers numerous topics related to the world’s hurricane history prior to Katrina in 2005: Saffir-Simpson Scale (measuring the strength of hurricanes), deadliest hurricanes, costliest hurricanes, states most vulnerable to hurricanes, busiest Months for hurricanes, and the list of names for 2008 storms.

How & Where Hurricanes Form | LiveScience

With extensive visual aids, this article explains the necessary atmospheric and oceanic conditions for the formation of a seed of a tropical disturbance; how the seedling goes from a disturbance to a tropical storm and then to a hurricane; where and why hurricanes form; the Saffir-Simpson Scale for categorizing the strength of hurricanes. Emphasis is placed on hurricanes originating in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.

Tropical Cyclone Reports – Hurricane Prediction Center – National Hurricane Center

Compare the accuracy of the National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Cyclone Reports for passed years. View the initial predictions for hurricane seasons and individual storms versus the resulting reality. Information is available on Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes and tropical storms.

LiveScience.com: Life's Little Mysteries - How Strong Can a Hurricane Get?

This article discusses scientists’s differing theories on the upper limit of hurricane intensity and how Global Warming could play a part in strengthening these storms.

Hurricane Preparation: What to Do | LiveScience

Describes what to do before and after a hurricane encounters your location, providing a checklist and important advice, bearing on adults as well as children.

LiveScience.com | Image Gallery: Hurricane Katrina Image Gallery

Pictures of Hurricane Katrina, from satellite imagery and photographs on the ground, are displayed, dating from August 24, 2005, through the aftermath of the storm.

Hurricane Ike: Pre- and Post-Hurricane Coastal Change Photos – U.S. Geological Survey

See detailed aerial photographs of how volatile Hurricane Ike changed the landmasses around Texas – islands and the coastline.

LiveScience.com | Image Gallery: Hurricanes at Eye Level: Wind, waves and destruction

View numerous photos of storm action, as it happens, from ground level. Many US states and notable storms are represented.