A hurricane is an intense tropical storm with powerful winds and heavy rain‚ also known as a cyclone. Hurricanes and tornadoes are both storm systems that can cause a lot of destruction. Hurricanes are much larger than tornadoes but tornadoes generate faster winds. They both need warm and cold air to become a hurricane or tornado‚ but are different in the way they form. Hurricanes and tornadoes both have a calm area at the center called an eye. The eye of a hurricane is the calmest. The winds around
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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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Secretariat July 2009 File Ref. SEC 8/2/12 Part 30 Hong Kong Contingency Plan for Natural Disasters Contents Section Subject List of Annexes and Appendices List of Abbreviations 1 2 3 Introduction Alerting System and Co-ordination Tropical Cyclones - Warnings and Action to be Taken Rainstorm - Warnings and Action to be Taken Flooding - Warnings and Action to be Taken Other Natural Hazards - Warnings and Action to be Taken Other General Warnings Controlling Authorities Non-Government Organisations’
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Severe Weather Storms: Hurricanes and Tornadoes A hurricane is an extremely violent tropical cyclone. The origin of the term Hurricane originates from a Mayan Storm god by the name of Hurakan. He was a Central American idol who believably caused the storms. Years later‚ the hypothesis of someone creating angry storms has been corrected. It is known that these storms are an act of nature by God’s laws at work. The term hurricane just stuck with the weather condition. Another source states
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A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E. This region is referred to as the northwest Pacific basin.[1] For organizational purposes‚ the northern Pacific Ocean is divided into three regions: the eastern (North America to 140°W)‚ central (140°W to 180°)‚ and western (180° to 100°E). Identical phenomena in the eastern north Pacific are called hurricanes‚ with tropical cyclones moving into the western Pacific
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A tropical wave emerged into the Atlantic Ocean from the west coast of Africa on July 23. It moved rapidly western and reached the western Caribbean Sea by July 30.[8] On the following day‚ the system developed into a tropical depression near Grand Cayman. The depression tracked north-northwestward without significantly strengthening and struck crossed western Cuba on August 1.[1] Heavy rains on the island caused severe flooding‚ leading to five fatalities.[8] The depression entered the Gulf of Mexico
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1. Where Are The Worlds Rainforests Located? Tropical rainforests are located around the equator. The weather is bright and sunny for about the same time every year‚ the reason for this being is because they’re located between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer‚ were sun consistently shines. On a yearly basis approximately 160-400 inches (4‚064mm-10‚160mm) of rainfall is recorded on average for each rainforest‚ surprisingly these sunny and wet conditions are quite stable. The top 5 countries with
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natural disasters 1 A hazard is an event or object that is a potential source of harm to community. A disaster occurs as the result of a hazardous event that dramatically affects a community. Natural Hazards Human Hazards Atmospheric – eg cyclones‚ hailstorms‚ blizzards or bushfires. Technological – accidents‚ explosions or hazardous materials. Hydrological – eg example‚ flooding‚ wave action or glaciers Human – eg. War‚ crowd stampede and terrorism. Geological – eg earthquakes or volcanoes
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and tornadoes. If we were to build in arena in Jacksonville then the chances that one of those severe weather storms will hit that area are quit high. Hurricanes are also called typhoons in the western Pacific and cyclones in Australia and the Indian Ocean. Hurricanes form over tropical oceans; they need the warm air and the wind from the ocean to form. When a hurricane finally forms it spins in a circular motion and in the middle of the storm is where you will find the “eye” of the storm‚ the eye
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Haiyan‚ also known as Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines‚ was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that devastated portions of Southeast Asia‚ primarily the Philippines‚ with surprising destruction in early November 2013. Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines as a category five super typhoon‚ with winds traveling at a record high of 195 miles per hour‚ and has been recorded as the fourth largest tropical cyclone in history. Typhoon Haiyan not only overwhelmed the Philippines‚ but also neighboring
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