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1.
What is the name of the band of tall, dark clouds that surround the central zone of a hurricane?
2.
What are hurricanes called when they occur in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, west of an imaginary line called the International Date Line?
3.
What are the peak hurricane months in the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific oceans?
4.
For a hurricane to form, the layer of water at the top of the sea must be:
5.
At what stage in the life of a hurricane does a storm receive a name from the World Meteorological Organization?
6.
A storm achieves hurricane status when its winds exceed:
