Function to 'activate' images. Function to 'deactivate' images. An intense tropical cyclone is an almost circular storm of extremely low pressure and high winds.
Winds spiral inward at high speed, accompanied by heavy rainfall.
Tropical cyclones can range in size from only a few hundred kilometres across for a small storm to over 1000 kilometres across for a monster hurricane. The eye is located in the centre of the tropical cyclone and is produced by the intense spiraling of the storm. It is composed of air that is slowly sinking. As the eye passes over a site, the sky clears and calm prevails. Then, the storm strikes again with winds from the opposite direction.