This suicidal tendency no doubt helps account for the fact that Category 5 hurricanes are so rare.
这种自杀趋势无疑地是5级飓风甚少的原因。

Why would El Ni? o (which warms Pacific waters) and La Ni? a (which cools them) affect hurricanes in an entirely different ocean?
为什麽厄尔尼诺使太平洋海水变热和拉尼娜使太平洋海水变冷会在完全不同的海洋中影响飓风？

With their alternating bands of tranquillity and ferocity, hurricanes can seem like living creatures.
由于飓风既平静又残暴, 人们认为它们是有生命的。

Hurricanes and Politics in Latin America Redux
拉丁美洲的飓风和策略

He s currently analysing evidence from 1837 when four hurricanes hit Florida.
当四个飓风袭击佛罗里达时，他正在分析1837年的证据。

Hurricanes spin in an anticlockwise direction and they have winds of at least 120 kilometres per hour.
飓风通常逆时针旋转，飓风的风力至少时速120公里。

In the next century, they say, we may see hurricanes that far exceed Floyd's top sustained winds and approach a hurricane's upper limit of 290 km/ h.
他们说，我们在下个世纪会看到风力远远超出弗洛伊德最高持续速度的飓风，最高风力可达每小时290公里。

Suppose, for the sake of argument, that global warming does cause the intensity of hurricanes to increase.
假如说，全球变暖造成飓风强度增加。

El Ni? o enhances the influence of high-level westerly winds that swoop across the Atlantic, decapitating developing storm clouds before hurricanes can spawn.
厄尔尼诺增强了穿越大西洋的高层西风的力量，在飓风生成之前，积蓄成死亡的暴风云。

Powerful storms are called hurricanes when they form over the Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific.
来自大西洋和东太平洋得强力暴风被称为飓风。

After a 30-year lull, the U.S. is once again being visited by hurricanes the size of the ones that battered the Eastern seaboard in the 1940s, '50s and '60s.
在平静了30年后，美国又一次领略了40年代、50年代和60年代袭击东海岸的那样大的飓风。

Of course, there are other ways in which global warming might boost the power of hurricanes.
当然还有其它全球变暖的方式可以增强飓风的强度。

It is urgent that we brace against hurricanes.
我们必须做好防飓风的准备。

The Weather Bureau warned about hurricanes.
气象局发出了飓风警报。

Muse Butterflies And Hurricanes
蝴蝶与飓风

The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide has nearly doubled over the past 35 years.
在过去的35年里，全世界4级、5级的飓风数量几乎增加了一倍。

Hurricanes periodically menace the Gulf Coast.
飓风常常威胁着墨西哥湾海岸。

Every fall hurricanes slam the United States coast.
每年秋天，飓风都要猛烈攻击美国海岸。

Three twisters descend upon Las Vegas leaving a neon wasteland in their wake. Hurricanes tear through the Gulf Coast without warning. Recordhigh temperatures scorch the northeast.
承接上集，终于有人发现导致整个芝加哥电力中断的原因

Which cause hurricanes and massive coastal flooding.
飓风和洪水会对沿海造成大规模的袭击。

It's possible, for instance, that in a warmer world hurricanes might tank up with a lot more rain, which would greatly increase the damage caused by flooding.
可能有这样的情况，飓风在变暖的世界会带来更多的雨，从而增加水灾的危险。

In contrast, the new models are able to simulate hurricanes in small localities.
相比之下, 新的模型能够摸拟小环境中的飓风。

Hurricanes are also costly in dollars.
飓风还会造成巨大的经济损失。

Some of the nicest homes in Florida are periodically crushed by hurricanes.
飓风正在周期性地摧毁佛罗里达一些最美丽得住宅。

Hurricanes and earthquakes are violent natural phenomena.
飓风和地震是恶劣的自然现象。