damages it can cause. Many have heard of the devastation hurricanes have inflected‚ but do we know how they form and the process in which they become so powerful? According to National Hurricane Center (2014) a hurricane is defined as‚ "A tropical cyclone in which the maximum sustained surface wind (using the U.S. 1-minute average) is 64 kt (74 mph or 119 km/hr) or more”. Hurricanes are born 5°-15° latitude north and south of the equator‚ in the tropics. For a Hurricane to form and endure there needs
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beyond the scope of government to manage effectively” Discuss. Tropical storms have different names depending on their location i.e.‚ in North America and the Caribbean they are known as hurricanes whereas in India and Bangladesh they are known as cyclones. There are various factors which need to be in place for a tropical storm to occur including sea temperatures to be over 27ºC to provide a source of energy‚ warm water extending down to at least 70m and a location of at least 5º N/S of the equator
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by floods. In 2013‚ a flood wasted over parts of Queensland and New South Wales. Almost 7‚500 residents of Bundaberg and patients at the Bundaberg Hospital had to evacuate because of widespread flooding and the surrounding suburbs (2013 Tropical Cyclone Oswald‚ n.d). Schools were closed; hospitals were filled with sick people; and water and power supplies were interrupted. It usually takes years for affected community to go back to normal from floods. Previously‚ people saw that floods were the
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Hurricane Gilbert remains one of the largest tropical cyclones to ever hit the US eastern seaboard and brought widespread destruction to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. In total‚ 15 different countries were affected by the storm which hit the area in early September 1988. The hurricane became famous for the great difficulty it caused weather forecasters due to its erratic movement‚ the number of predicted paths it could take and its constantly fluctuating intensity. Luckily it was an occasion
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hurricane season‚ Hurricane Sandy devastated portions of the Caribbean‚ Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States in late October 2012. The Caribbean’s were the first place to be hit‚ by devastating hurricane Sandy. After the storm became a tropical cyclone on October 22‚ the Government of Jamaica issued a tropical storm watch for the entire island. Early on October 23‚ the watch was replaced with a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch was issued. At 3 p.m. the hurricane watch was upgraded to
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I. INTRODUCTION A typhoon is a violent tropical hurricane/cyclone that occurs in the west Pacific and the Indian Generally‚ they hit areas north of the equator and west of the international date line. While typhoons have hit islands‚ countries and naval fleets throughout the course of history‚ it wasn’t until the middle of the 20th century that governments and organizations began to attempt a monitoring program. II. HISTORY OF TYPHOON The history of typhoon presents a perfect example of
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Short Responses for Garrison CH 8 and CH 9‚ Midterm‚ and part of AICE CH 7 Explain how wind‚ temperature‚ density‚ the Coriolis effect and the shape of the sea bed produce ocean currents and upwelling. Ocean currents are the continuous movement of ocean water driven by forces acting on the water‚ including: wind‚ waves‚ the Coriolis effect‚ temperature‚ salinity and tides. The contours of the sea bed influence the strength and direction of the current. Surface ocean currents are generally
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expanded to wide range. This is Hurricane Sandy when it was near peak intensity on October 25. Firstly what is the hurricane? It is an intense tropical depression with a very strong rainstorm. Hurricane has the other different names‚ typhoon and cyclone‚ but these don’t have any of differences in terms of their characters‚ and the difference is only where it takes place. A hurricane is classified to five levels according to Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale based on the maximum wind speed within one
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To what extent can preparedness and planning mitigate the effects of tropical revolving storms? (40 marker) A tropical revolving storm is a term that covers hurricanes‚ tropical cyclones‚ typhoons and willy-willies. These intense low-pressure weather systems are associated with catastrophic wind speeds averaging at 120kmph and torrential rainfall. Tropical revolving storms are huge and extremely violent extending to about 500km in diameter. They occur in the tropics and the sub-tropics and form
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the savanna climate regime.[14]Where the wet season is associated with a seasonal shift in the prevailing winds‚ it is known as a monsoon.[15] Image of Hurricane Lester from late August 1992. In the northern Atlantic Ocean‚ a distinct tropical cyclone season occurs from 1 June to 30 November.[16] The statistical peak of the Atlantic hurricane season
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