[ELI5] how do hurricanes form and get stronger, and where did the naming of them come from?

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[ELI5] how do hurricanes form and get stronger, and where did the naming of them come from?

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The naming of them came from the necessity for weather forecasters, media, etc. to be able to reference a specific hurricane, when multiple hurricanes exist in the same ocean at the same time. Most other disasters you can just say something like the [disaster type] that affected [place name] on [date/month/etc] .

And as the other comments say, their strength comes from the fact that they are above warm ocean water.