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1.Prepare before you hear about a hu-rricane.

2.Buy agenerator.

3.Purchase self-powered radios and self-powered ash-

lights batteries.

4. Secure your property.

5.Dispose of or eat all perishablefoods

Hurricanes are large, swirling storms.

They produce winds of 119 kilometers per

hour (74 mph) or higher. Winds from a

hurricane can damage buildings and

trees.

1. Be careful.

2. Chec

k your home for exterior

structural damage.

3. Be extra careful when enteringbuildings.

4. Clean and disinfect anything that

has come into contact with sewa-

ge, bacteria or spilled chemicals.

5. Clean and disinfect anything that

has come into contact with sewa-

ge, bacteria or sp

6. Check on pets as well as people.

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A hurricane starts out as a tro-pical disturbance. This is anarea over warm ocean waterswhere rain clouds are building.

A tropical disturbance someti-

mes grows into a tropical de-

pression. This is an area of rota-

ting thunderstorms with winds

of 62 km/hr (38 mph) or less. A

tropical storm becomes a hurri-

cane if its winds reach 119 km/hr

(74 mph).

Eye: The eye is

the "hole" at the

center of the

storm.

Eye wall: The eye wall is

a ring of thunderstorms.

These storms swirlaround the eye.

Rain bands:

Bands of clouds

and rain go farout from a hurri-

cane's eye wall.

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