You are living near a coastline which is struck by a hurricane. You notice that

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You are living near a coastline which is struck by a hurricane. You notice that the winds and bands of rainfall are getting stronger through time and the air pressure is decreasing. Will the eye of the hurricane be moving towards or away from you?

towards you

away from you

neither

ause Warm Spiral rain bandrain iral Spiral rain bandrain band TorrentialRAINFALL Heavy Moderate Light None High Strongest pressure Strongest pressure gradient PRESSURE Low hurricane WIND SPEED (>74 mph) Winds stronger on right side looking in direction hurricane is moving Tropical storm (d) 40 mph) ©2010 Pearson Education, Inc.

Explanation / Answer

If the rainfall and wind speed increases (as in figure b and d) and pressure decreases (figure c), it means the eye is getting closer to you.

Hence the eye of the hurricane be moving towards you

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