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Hurricane Helen is being called one of the biggest storms to hit America this year.
In America, 225 people have died in 12 states due to Cyclone Helen on Friday, many people have been injured. 1 crore 20 lakh people are affected by this. Emergency has been declared in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Alabama of America.
More than 1000 flights have been canceled in these states. More than 4 thousand flights have been affected. Hurricane Helen hit the coast of Florida on Friday morning. At that time the wind was blowing at a speed of 225 km per hour.
Due to water logging, people are rowing boats to their homes. State Emergency Service said that 5 crore people may be affected in the next two to three days.
10 pictures related to the havoc of the storm…
House started flowing due to storm in Florida.
People are having to row boats home due to flooding in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.
Picture of Hurricane Helen in America from the International Space Station (ISS).
Amidst the storm, a person is carrying essential items in a trolley.
The US Coast Guard on Thursday rescued a man who was drowning in the sea. He was boating 36 km away from Florida when he got caught in the storm.
Pictured is Deckel Beach, Florida. All the houses in the area are submerged in water.
The picture is of waves rising from the Gulf of Mexico.
In Tallahassee, an elderly woman along with her grandchildren were rescued and shifted to a shelter built in a school.
A man was seen rescuing a girl amid floods in Georgia.
Due to heavy rains people's houses were flooded. After this, a person is taking out water from the house in a boat.
The picture is from Florida, where rescue workers are taking boats to rescue people in flood affected areas.
Due to strong wind, the trolley parked in the field flew away and reached the highway.
Due to the storm, there is no electricity in the homes of 20 lakh people. Florida Governor Ron De-Santis had already advised people living in low-lying areas to move to safe places. John Daly, mayor of Tallahassee, the capital of Florida, said that this could be the most powerful storm ever to hit the city. This can cause great harm to the city.
According to the report of Independent, due to Helen, a trolley parked in the field in Wheeler County, Georgia flew and fell on the highway. Two people died in this. Two vehicles were also hit by it, although it is not known how many people were injured.
the biggest storm of the century American meteorologist Phil Klotzbach said that in the last 35 years, only three hurricanes were bigger than Helen. Irma of 2017, Wilma of 2005 and Opal of 1995. At the same time, this is the biggest storm in the Gulf of Mexico in 100 years.
Due to Hurricane Irma, 134 people died in America and surrounding countries. 23 people were killed by Wilma and 27 by Hurricane Opal. According to meteorologists, due to increasing temperature the number of powerful storms is increasing.
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What is the difference between Typhoon, Hurricane and Tornado? Storm is a kind of disturbance in the atmosphere, which comes through strong winds and is accompanied by rain, snow or hail. When they occur on land, they are called normal storms, but storms that arise from the sea are called hurricanes. Hurricanes are more dangerous than ordinary storms.
Hurricane, cyclone and typhoon are the same thing. Cyclones are called by different names all over the world. For example, cyclones formed in North America and Caribbean Islands are called hurricanes, cyclones occurring in Philippines, Japan and China are called typhoons and storms occurring around Australia and the Indian Ocean i.e. India are called cyclones.
From the point of view of the oceans, cyclones formed in the Atlantic and North-West Oceans are called hurricanes. Storms that form in the northwest Pacific Ocean are called typhoons.
Whereas the storms that arise in the South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean are called cyclones. For this reason, the sea storms that come in the areas around India are called cyclones.
At the same time, tornadoes are also strong storms, but they are not cyclones, because they are mostly formed on land rather than in the sea. Most of the tornadoes occur in America.
