The centre of a hurricane is called the eye, a calm area with little rainfall. It is about 30 to 50 km wide.  Inside the eye the sea can rise up to one metre because the air moves up.  

The eyewall is around the eye . This is an area of thunderstorms, rain and the strongest winds—up to 300 km an hour.

Then come long bands of rain clouds that are curved towards the centre of the hurricane.



structure of a hurricane

Image: Klaus Rosmanitz

Words

  • calm = quiet, smooth
  • curved = bent, rounded
  • little = not very much
  • thunderstorm = a storm with thunder, lightning and sometimes a lot of rain 
  • towards = in the direction of ...