A hurricane is a tropical cyclone with winds that can go up to a speed of 75 miles per hour. Hurricanes may stretch from 60 to 1,000 miles in diameter.
Hurricanes are extremely dangerous and cause widespread destruction.
Hurricanes are also known as typhoons in the region of the western Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. There are hurricanes from over all tropical oceans, the South Atlantic, and the eastern South Pacific. North America hurricanes usually occur between June and late October. This region produces usually two a year. Twenty have been recorded in individual years.