Hurricane Frances Approaches Florida . ... Credit Copyright: NASA , NOAA Explanation: A major hurricane is heading for Florida . Hurricane Frances , one of the stronger storm systems of modern times, may cross the eastern coast of Florida sometime tomorrow. Those in the path of a hurricane should take precautions. ... Tropical cyclones, called hurricanes in Earth's Western Hemisphere and typhoons in the Eastern Hemisphere, get their immense energy from warm evaporated ocean water. ...