Effects On Tropical Cyclones
In 2007, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) hypothesized that the wind shear between the eye and the eyewall could enhance updraft and be a purely dynamic generator of convection. Hot towers may appear when the hurricane is about to intensify. A particularly tall hot tower rose above Hurricane Bonnie in August 1998 as the storm intensified before striking North Carolina, United States. Bonnie caused more than $1 billion in damage and three deaths, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Hurricane Center. Hot towers are also know to form when a tropical cyclone is about to undergo a explosive intensification.
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