Update:
Hurricane Frank has gotten stronger, while Hurricane Danielle isn't really changing.
As you may know, there is a hurricane in the atlantic, Hurricane Danielle. There's also Tropical Storm Earl. In the Pacific, a new hurricane has formed: Hurricane Frank. That means that we have three pretty big storms sitting over the water.
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[/caption]Well, actually, they're not really just sitting. Hurricane Danielle is moving north west at 16 mph and getting a bit stronger. Tropical Storm Earl is getting a little stronger as well as he moves westward over the Tropical Eastern Atlantic. Hurricane Frank is moving west-northwestward in the Pacific. Frank is expected to strengthen some time today.
Currently, Hurricane Danielle is the strongest of them with 105 mile per hour winds. Tropical Storm Earl has only 45 mile per hour winds, and Hurricane Frank has 80 mile per hour winds.
Earl's 45 mph winds probably sound pretty slow compared to Danielle or Frank, but imagine if you were standing somewhere and a gust of wind came at 45 mph. You would no longer be standing.
None of these storms are really expected to make landfall in the United States as they're still pretty far out, however, you should still be prepared if you live in an area that could get hit.
Continue reading on the next page.
Up until now, the 2010 hurricane season has been pretty uneventful. Now, things are heating up with three major storms and a few little ones too.
Hurricanes start off as seemingly harmless tropical waves off the western coast of Africa, but then they arrive along the North American coastline with winds that can reach more than 150 miles per hour. Hurricanes can unleash what is perhaps Mother Nature's fiercest impact from a single storm.
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