The Biggest Storm Rain pours down The wind is blowing hard You carry a box of photos to the car You look back at the house Plywood covers the windows It's time to go You join a line of cars going inland away from the storm Hurricanes are the world's biggest storms And a big one is charging toward the coast You'll be safest if you leave until it passes Hurricanes are storms with heavy rains and very high
These clouds show how warm air rises up This rising air can make strong hurricane winds How fast can hurricane winds
Hurricanes form in warm ocean waters The warm water rises into the air It forms big fluffy clouds The clouds create wind O The warm waters act like fuel They make the wind go faster and faster The wind circles around the center When winds reach 74 miles per hour 120 kph the storm is a called a hurricane They can reach 186 miles per hour 300