The Effects of Super Typhoon Yolanda Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines is also known as the typhoon Haiyan in the other country. It was one of the most destructive and extreme tropical cyclone in the Philippines based on the record of 2013. Typhoon Haiyan or Yolanda initiated from an area of low pressure several hundred kilometers east-southeast in the Federated States of Micronesia o the 2nd of November 2013. The following day the system of tropical depression was developed
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HURRICANE SANDY Hurricane Sandy was a tropical cyclone that devastated portions of the Caribbean‚ Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States in late October 2012. The eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season‚ Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record‚ as measured by diameter‚ with winds spanning 1‚100 miles. Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have caused damage of at least $20 billion. Preliminary estimates of losses that include business
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Bang Theory to present day. There are many different factors which can a huge impact on the shaping of the land. There are many natural disasters such as floods‚ typhoons‚ earthquakes‚ hurricanes‚ and even wildfires. Around 19-25 tropical cyclones enter the Philippines in a typical year. I had encountered a lot of typhoon since I was a child. The typhoon affected living creatures and properties. People‚ animals‚ and plants can be killed during typhoon. First‚ flooding can be the reasons for
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INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is the area encircling the earth near the equator where winds originating in the northern and southern hemispheres come together. Consequences of the ITCZ’s movement are the "monsoon seasons" that affect areas in the tropics‚ as well as the formation of tropical storms during the local hemispheric summer (north or south of the equator). Navigators in the age of sail learned to utilize the "trade winds" that blow to the east
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intensified into a tropical storm. The ship Hotel observed sustained winds of 65 mph (100 km/h) around that time. At 18:00 UTC‚ the storm peaked with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 992 mbar (29.3 inHg). Shortly thereafter‚ the cyclone became extratropical about 180 mi (290 km) east of Sable
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Pack When is the exam? 1st February What will you be examined on? WILD WEATHER: 1) Tropical storms 2) Floods 3) Droughts 1) Tropical storms / Hurricanes / Typhoons / Cyclone (all the same event) The strongest tropical storms are called hurricanes‚ typhoons or tropical cyclones. The different names all mean the same thing‚ but are used in different parts of the world. If these huge storms start in the Atlantic‚ off the west coast of Africa‚ they are called hurricanes.
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Case Study: Hurricane Katrina 2005 What are hurricanes? Hurricanes are storm with violent wind‚ they are also known as typhoons or cyclones that form in specific conditions. Some hurricanes are more violent than others‚ the Katrina Hurricane in the year of 2005 was the one of the most strongest‚ deadliest and most destructive hurricane recorded in the U.S. Where‚ When‚ Why‚ Causes? * Hurricane Katrina affected more than just one area. It was formed over the Bahamas on August 23rd 2005 and
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Considered as one of the top five deadliest storms in America‚ Hurricane Katrina was a tropical cyclone that engulfed the United States and killed close to 2000 people. It also destroyed property and goods worth billions of dollars. Though it began far in the Bahamas‚ the storm left a trail of devastation along the Gulf Coast‚ Florida‚ and Texas‚ but most of the damage occurred in Louisiana (Hartman and Gregory 24). Katrina traveled along the coastal region of Mississippi leading to massive flooding
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make volcanoes and earthquakes common. Hurricanes can occur anywhere‚ and they come under different names in different parts of the world. In the Atlantic or the Caribbean‚ it would be called storms and typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean‚ and cyclones over the Indian Ocean. The best way to deal with a hurricane is an accurate forecast that gives people time to get out of its way‚ and the same for a tsunami. Both
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Retrieved March 14 2012. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/PS.htm Mcgahee‚ Alvin. (August 20 2008). The Perfect Storm October 1991. In NOAA Satellite and Information Service. Retrieved March 28 2012. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/satellite/ satelliteseye/cyclones/pfctstorm91/pfctstorm.html McGuinness‚ Tim. (June 1 2005). 1991 Unnamed Hurricane “The Perfect Storm”. In Deadly Storms. http://www.deadlystorms.com/storms/1991/1991%20Perfect%20Storm/index.htm McLeod‚ Jamie. (October 20 2009). Remembering the
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