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1. Where do hurricanes form?

2. What are hurricanes that form in the Indian Ocean sometimes called?

3. What is the area of low pressure at the center of a hurricane called?

4. Where is the most dangerous part of the hurricane with the highest speed winds?

5. What is the minimum sustained wind speed a tropical storm must have to be called a hurricane?

6. What do we call the large spirally bands of rain that are generated from a hurricane?

7. True or False: Hurricanes can grow to over 600 miles wide and 9 miles tall.

8. What is 'storm surge'?

9. How do hurricanes cause damage when they make landfall?

10. If a hurricane had sustained winds of 80 mph and was 700 miles in diameter, what category of hurricane would it be?