1. At what speed, within 4mph or 6 km/h , does a tropical storm become a hurricane?

2. When hurricanes form in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, west of the International Dateline, what are they called?

3. Give the months of the beginning and end of the Atlantic hurricane season ?

4. 2005 was the record-breaking year for hurricanes. How many named storms were there, within 1?

5. What is the name of the 1 - 5 scale used to measure the intensity of hurricanes?

6. When a hurricane reaches a Category 5 status, give the wind speed required (within 4mph or 6km/hr)?

7. On September 8, 1900, a Category 4 storm hit Galveston, Texas. It is the deadliest weather related disaster in U.S. history. Within 500, how many people died as a result of it?

8. In what year did Hurricane Andrew, Category 5 storm ravage Miami-Dade County causing 6.5 Billion in losses?

9. In what year did Hurricane Hazel hit Toronto?

10. Starting in the 1940s hurricanes were given women's names. In what year were men's names first used for Atlantic hurricanes?