Pa. USA, graphs, graphics, pictures, are copyrighted and are owned by the author. Charles A. Giannetta. There is nothing like them in the atmosphere. In our hemisphere they are referred to as hurricanes, named by the Caribbean Indians for Huracan, a Caribbean God of Evil. The storms are products of the tropical oceans and atmosphere, powered by heat from the sea, steered by the easterly trade winds, westerlies and their own energy.
Hurricanes have a benefit, they are a major source for rain.
Maybe there are some other hidden benefits also. A hurricane is a large circular storm of awful power and violence, equivalent to many atoms bombs. Winds in a hurricane reach at least 74 mph or greater, and may gust to over 200 mph. On the average, the great spiral of clouds associated with the hurricane cover vast areas some hundreds of miles in diameter. The spiral consists of bands of torrential rains.