Hurricanes exist to move heat away from the tropics.
Classified as tropical cyclones , they have a warm core and rotate counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30. It is during these prime months that conditions become favorable enough to allow a hurricane to develop. This allows tremendous amounts of seawater to be evaporated into the atmosphere, providing the 'fuel'. Moist, unstable air so that clouds and eventually showers and thunderstorms can form.