Into the eye of a storm: How hurricanes form

Brains On! Science podcast for kids

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

How do hurricanes form? This episode dives into the eye of the hurricane to track down that answer and so much more. We also talk to hurricane hunter Major Joyce Hirai, who flies airplanes into hurricanes as part of the Air Force’s Weather Reconnaissance team. Also, we learn how humans have figured out how to be resilient in the face of increasing hurricanes (and hear from our friend Manuel the Mangrove). And get your dancing shoes on, because we’ve got a catchy tune that explains how hurricanes are named. All that plus a new Mystery Sound to tickle your ears.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, it's Molly from BrainsOn and Smash Boom Best with an important request for the curious
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0:58.5	The Diana people lived in the Caribbean for over a thousand years.
1:02.6	Long before the Europeans sailed across the Atlantic and stumbled upon the islands.
1:07.4	Now known as Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas.
1:14.5	The Diana people believed that the world needed to remain in balance.
1:19.2	There are good forces and bad forces that are needed to balance each other out.
1:24.6	There are good forces were represented by a spirit named Yoljahu.
1:28.4	And the bad force was embodied by a spirit known as Huracan.
1:32.8	Huracan brought destruction of the form of fierce storms.
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