How a hurricane forms
In short: Warm ocean water evaporates, moist air rises around a low-pressure centre and Earth's rotation makes the storm rotate.
1. These storms form over large areas of warm ocean water. 2. Water evaporates from the warm ocean surface and the warm, moist air rises. 3. The storm develops a low-pressure centre. 4. The Coriolis effect from Earth's rotation makes the inflowing air rotate. 5. A strong, rapidly rotating tropical cyclone in the Atlantic is called a hurricane.
Sources: Wikipedia, “Tropical cyclone (Wikipedia)” (CC BY-SA 4.0). Illustrative, not to scale.
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