The Heat Engine

Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are one kind of storm: a heat engine fuelled by warm seawater and spun by Earth's rotation. This interactive film explains how they form, why they spin, what the Saffir–Simpson categories mean, and why storm surge is often the deadliest part, with storms from Bhola and Katrina to Typhoon Gay in Chumphon.

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