Area of low pressure begins to draw up water moisture from the surface of the warm ocean, This evaporated air cools as it rises and condenses to form towering thunderstorm clouds, As the air rises it begins to cool and releases heat which powers the storm drawing up more water from the ocean, Several small thunderstorms begin to combine and form a giant spinning storm, Wind speeds increase and at 120km an hour it officially becomes a tropical storm, The storm now develops an eye at its centre where air descends rapidly. The eyewall is where the most intense weather conditions are felt., The tropical storm moves in the direction of the prevailing winds and if blown onto land, the tropical storm will lose its energy as there is no more waater vapour to fuel the storm and friction with the land slows and weakens the storm..

The Formation of Tropical storms

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