|
Tropical Storm Frances (other)
The name Frances has been used for nine tropical cyclones worldwide: eight in the Atlantic Ocean and one in the Australian region tropical cyclone, Australian region. In the Atlantic Ocean: * Hurricane Frances (1961): Caused flooding in Puerto Rico, peaked at Category 4 west of Bermuda, subtropical at Nova Scotia * Tropical Storm Frances (1968): Travelled across the central Atlantic Ocean without affecting land * Hurricane Frances (1976): Curved over the central Atlantic, affected the Azores as an extratropical storm * Hurricane Frances (1980): Travelled up the central Atlantic Ocean without affecting land * Hurricane Frances (1986): Briefly drifted over the western Atlantic but never affected land * Hurricane Frances (1992): Threatened Bermuda but did not strike the island, then hit Spain as an extratropical storm * Tropical Storm Frances (1998): A weak storm that caused flooding in East Texas and southern Louisiana * Hurricane Frances (2004): A powerful Category 4 hurrica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tropical Cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is called a hurricane (), typhoon (), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean. A typhoon is the same thing which occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Indian Ocean and South Pacific, comparable storms are referred to as "tropical cyclones". In modern times, on average around 80 to 90 named tropical cyclones form each year around the world, over half of which develop hurricane-force winds of or more. Tropical cyclones tropical cyclogenesis, typically form over large bodies of relatively warm water. They derive their energy through the evaporation of water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
