Caribbean Disaster
Mitigation Project
Implemented by the Organization of American States
Unit of Sustainable Development and Environment
for the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and the Caribbean Regional Program
HURRICANES
A HURRICANE IS A SWIRL OF WIND WHICH MOVES AS IT TURNS WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS NEAR THE CENTRE. THE CENTRE IS CALM AND IS CALLED THE EYE.
You may get a lull as the eye passes over.
The wind can come from any direction.
After the eye passes, the wind will come again from a different direction.