Hurricane

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #B9BAD9;">We are all aware about the Hurricane Katrina. What a disaster it was! It was one of the deadliest and most destructive disasters in the history of the United States. Hence, we can say that Hurricanes are the superlative form of storms. They are the only weather disasters that have been given their own names. Also, the energy that it releases is marvellous. It is estimated that every second it releases an energy which is equivalent to the energy released by 10 atomic bombs. The word Hurricane is derived from the Taino Native American word ‘hurucane’ which means ‘evil spirit of the wind’. One can distinguish a Hurricane from any tropical storm, cyclone, typhoon or a Tornado by the force of its wind. It is a Hurricane when the speed of the wind exceeds 74 miles per hour. Unlike Tornadoes, Hurricanes may last several days and is about 2,000 bigger.</p>
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Antarctic Ocean

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #A8D2F7;"> This one is not a landlocked ocean. It doesn’t share its coast with a number of countries, instead, it encompasses a whole landmass and that is the only coastline the Antarctic Ocean has. It is the most unique ocean out of all the five. Let’s find out the other distinctive characters of this ocean.</p>
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Indian Ocean

<p style="color:#dbdbdb ;padding:20px; border-left:5px solid #5BDBF5;">Ratnakara as it is called in Sanskrit which means ‘the maker of gems’, the Indian Ocean is the world’s third largest ocean named after the country India in the Asian sub-continent. It comprises of approximately, 20 percent of earth’s water.</p>
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