Hurricanes start by picking up warm air then picking up a lot of water, and then the hurricane rises. Heavy dark clouds may also be the start of a hurricane. When weather watchers see the dark cloud take the shape of a doughnut, fifty or one hundred miles across they start a hurricane watch. There are usually hurricanes in the months of August, September, and October. They start in the ending of summer and the beginning of the fall.
Most Hurricanes start in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Some hurricanes move over the ocean and never reach the seacoast. People who live on the coast are very lucky because they have time to get away the storm before it reaches them. Hurricanes are big, powerful, and dangerous storms. During a hurricane trees can be pulled out by the roots and knocked over. Roofs can be torn from houses, and walls cave in.