1. What was the name of the hurricane that hit Houston?

2. What three named storms are currently in the Atlantic/Caribbean?

3. Where in the US is the first hurricane expected to make landfall?

4. What major city is thought to be in the direct path of the hurricane?

5. What is a hurricane?



6. Where are tropical storms known as hurricanes?

7. What is a tropical storm called in the northwestern Pacific?

8. What is a tropical storm called in the south Pacific or Indian Ocean?

9. Where do tropical storms typically form?

10. Where do tropical storms rarely form within 5 degrees of?

11. What tends to weaken tropical storms?

12. In what two ways can tropical storms actual be a positive?



13. What is the center of a tropical storm known as?

14. What are the tropical storm warning centers and how many are