US EditionIt's the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes, the longest and most powerful storms
About 85% of Category 3 or higher hurricanes originate near the Cape Verde Islands, influenced by Atlantic warm waters and atmospheric conditions, the National Hurricane Center said.
- The National Hurricane Center says August and September mark peak season for Cape Verde storms, which often form from clusters near the islands off Africa.
- Off the west African coast near the Cape Verde islands , clusters of thunderstorms form Cape Verde storms fueled by Atlantic Ocean waters above the 80-degree Fahrenheit threshold.
- Several infamous hurricanes began as Cape Verde storms, and about 85% of major hurricanes start this way, including historic storms Donna, Hugo, Andrew, Ivan, Ike, Irma, Florence, the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, and the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane.
- Fewer than one in 10 of these storms hit the U.S., and because they take at least 10 days to cross the Atlantic, they receive extensive media and forecasting attention.
- In recent years, scientists have found Saharan dry air and dust can reduce the humidity hurricanes need and settle on the U.S. East Coast, complicating forecasting due to atmospheric complexity.
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It’s the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes, the longest and most powerful storms
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This is the birthplace of 85% of all major hurricanes, including Erin
They are the hurricanes of legend, the bowling balls that cross the entire Atlantic Ocean, menaced ships of yore and make the long, curved lines on the hurricane charts.Cape Verde storms, named for the group of islands about 450 miles (725 kilometers) off the west coast of Africa, typically form from clusters of thunderstorms that move off the continent and into the Atlantic.With thousands of miles of ocean water above the 80-degree Fahrenheit (…
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It's the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes, the longest and most powerful storms
It's the time of year for Cape Verde hurricanes. The legendary storms, named after islands off Africa’s west coast, can take two weeks to cross the Atlantic.
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