the 23rd August 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina hit the United States. It was the costliest hurricane‚ as well as one of the five deadliest‚ in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes‚ it was the sixth strongest overall. Due to the severity of this earthquake‚ much of the southern states of America were significantly devastated. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005‚ and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane‚ causing some deaths
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The Hurricane of 1938 was a very powerful storm. There were many deaths and a lot of destruction.There were some conditions that made the storm bad like conditions‚ human error and large waves. The way the Hurricane hit the Eastern U.S was a surprise to all. The storm started somewhere off the coast of Africa as a tropical storm. It started small but grew as it moved across the West Atlantic Ocean at 20 mph. Soon the winds reaches 74 mph.The tropical storm had become a hurricane. The storm kept growing
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A hurricane is a huge storm known as a “tropical cyclone”. These can also be identified as typhoons.The tropical storms winds must reach at least 74 mph to be considered a hurricane. Anything below this is just considered a tropical depression or a tropical storm. Hurricanes usually only occur in the Atlantic Hurricane season (June 1-November 30). Hurricanes form over warm ocean water. They use the warm moist air as fuel at the bottom of the hurricane. As the huge storm produces high wind speeds
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The Effects of Hurricane Sandy on Jamaica FOUNDATION SKILLS FOR GRADUATE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION The Three Main Effects of Hurricane Sandy that Affected Jamaica were Rainfall Induced Flooding‚ Storm Surges and Winds STEPHANIE SMITH Executive Summary On October 22‚ 2012‚ it was announced by The Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM‚) that a tropical depression (Sandy) was headed towards the shores of Jamaica and that the arrival to our shores would be on
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The Hurricane. The poem ‘The Hurricane’ creates a tense and fearful atmosphere to such an extent that the reader is made to feel as though they have lived through the hurricane themselves. The poet also uses many poetic devices to express this feeling‚ as well as almost exaggerating the aftermath. All of this creates the vivid atmosphere of the ‘roaring‚ screaming and returning‚’ that was so relentless in the poet’s eyes on the day of the hurricane. The scene of the poem is set in the first line
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Hurricane Katrina Hurricanes are one of the most dangerous natural disasters because of their strong winds‚ massive rains (causing floods) and storm surges. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most deadly hurricanes in history and is still dreadful to even think about. Hurricanes form near the equator over ocean waters. When they are near the United states they are called hurricanes. However when these storms are near places like Africa they are called cyclones. But it doesn’t matter what they are
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Hurricanes and tornadoes can have a destructive end result where a lot of financial damage occurs. However‚ the two natural disasters have many distinct characteristics which result in a lot of damage. Hurricanes and tornadoes have many similarities as well as many differences. Hurricanes and tornadoes have just as many differences to set them apart from each other. A hurricane frequency very much differs from a tornadoes’. “On a three year average only about 5 hurricanes make landfall.” (Perry Pg
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Hurricane Hugo‚ one of the strongest hurricanes in South Carolina’s history‚ originated from a wave that moved west off of Africa’s coastline on September 9‚ 1989. Throughout the night and into the morning of September 10‚ Hugo had been classified as a tropical depression. As Hugo moved across the warm waters of the Atlantic it gained more and more strength. It wasn’t until September 14th that Hugo gained enough strength to be classified as a hurricane. On September 15th‚ Hugo turned west-north
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Did you know that a hurricane is basically a small tornado? When warm air and cool air collide over a large water source such as a sea or ocean‚ a hurricane is made. Hurricane Katrina just happened to be the second largest hurricane in United States history. Being formed in the Caribbean Sea‚ it was at first a category 1 hurricane. It gained strength in the Gulf of Mexico‚ placing it’s rank at category 5. After hitting Louisiana at it’s highest peak‚ it decreased to category 3. Winds at 120 miles
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GEOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT: NATURAL HAZARD Earthquake Hit Kobe‚ Japan 1995 “Earthquakes don’t kill people‚ buildings do” Kobe Japan Earthquake 1995 When and where did the hazard occur? The Great Hanshin Earthquake is another term for Kobe earthquake. It struck on Tuesday‚ 17th of January 1995. At 5:46 am‚ an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 that shook for only 20 seconds on the Richter scale hit Kobe region of southern central Japan. This earthquake was one of the most over whelming earthquakes that
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