Sentences with phrase «major hurricanes formed»

In the 1970s and 1980s, the thermohaline circulation was in the fresh / cool phase and fewer major hurricanes formed.

«What happens in the early part of the season is generally not a good predictor of the second half of the season, which is when the majority of hurricanes and major hurricanes form.

These multi-decadal fluctuations in hurricane activity result nearly entirely from differences in the number of hurricanes and major hurricanes forming from tropical storms first named in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea.

Not exact matches

The forecast is currently for 11 to 17 storms to form, of which five to nine are expected to become hurricanes, and two to four major hurricanes

The forecast is currently for 11 to 17 named storms to form, of which five to nine are expected to become hurricanes, and two to four major hurricanes.

According to fossil evidence, small primates — a group of mammals that includes humans and our closest monkey relatives — first arrived in Jamaica during the Miocene (23 million to 25 million years ago), probably on mats of vegetation that can form during major weather events, like hurricanes, that could have carried them from the American mainland.

On average, August has two hurricanes, and the first major hurricane has generally formed by September 4th.

There were 18 named storms to form in the East Pacific this year, of which 13 became hurricanes and a record - breaking 11 became major hurricanes.

But talking about a major hurricane drought comes with some caveats, particularly as the U.S. coastal population grows and more people who have never experienced a hurricane in any form move to coastal areas.

Since Wilma, the Atlantic has seen 64 hurricanes form including 26 major hurricanes.

Mother Nature just dealt our country a major one - two punch in the form of Harvey and Irma — two destructive hurricanes.

Harvey formed, died and then came back to life as a major hurricane, dumping a record amount of rainfall on south Texas last month.

When tropical cyclones — storm systems ranging in strength from tropical depressions to major hurricanes — form over the Gulf of Mexico's warm waters, they have a high chance of causing many deaths as well as widespread property damage in coastal communities.

Though these statistical predictions can not portend when any of the storms will form or where they will go, Klotzbach, Gray and colleagues calculate an 81 percent chance that at least one major hurricane will hit the U.S. coast in 2006.