The Web pages listed below have been rated as excellent authoritative resources for research on the topic of tropical storms. There are three categories of tropical storms. An intensive tropical cyclone is an almost circular storm of extrememly low pressure and high winds. The ingredients for a hurricane include pre-existing weather disturbance, warm tropical oceans, moisture and relatively light winds aloft. This page contains a list of the hurricanes for thr 1998 season and links to gifs of maps of their tracks along southern and easter US and beyond.
People are always fearful of the damage a hurricane can do.
This page was last updated on August 2000.