maximum sustained winds exceeding 74 mph. It forms and intensifies over tropical oceanic regions. Hurricanes are generally smaller than storms in mid-latitudes‚ typically about 311 miles in diameter. At the ocean’s surface‚ the air spirals inward in a counterclockwise direction. This cyclonic circulation becomes weaker with height‚ eventually turning into clockwise outflow near the top of the storm. Hurricanes begin as tropical storms over the warm moist waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans near
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formation is known as an essential process for maintaining long-term global climate stability throughout the year. El Nino and La Nina‚ two phenomenal and impacting events‚ generally occur in the ocean surface temperature across the central and eastern tropical Pacific. However these two weather extremes are two entirely different conditions‚ transpiring in distinctive parts of the world‚ impacting dangerously in certain areas and differentiating in frequency. The term El Nino‚ simply translated into “little
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In the article Sometimes‚ The Earth is Cruel by Leonard Pitts‚ the author discusses how distressing it is to be Haitian. In nearly the past twenty two years‚ Haiti has suffered from multiple natural catastrophes. Haiti struggles with hurricanes‚ tropical storms‚ political instability‚ and most recently‚ a consequential earthquake. In his article‚ Pitts discusses how humans are able to return to stability after these occurrences‚ which is not the case for Haiti. Leonard Pitts recognizes that it always
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weather is warmer. The Joplin tornado’s wind speed was at its highest at an estimated 200 miles per hour‚ most tornado wind speeds only climb to about 150. Southwest Missouri was hit with a “multi-vortex” tornado‚ which is a tornado where two or more cyclones hide inside a wider wind tunnel. That kind of tornado is not very common‚ and that’s one of the factors that makes Joplin so well-known. The Joplin
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MS over to Long Beach‚ only a little over six miles away‚ the stress level at home was very high. We learned that a giant storm may be headed right for us; it was on track for the eye to pass right on‚ or near where we lived. We had been through Tropical Storm Allison’s torrential rainfall and high winds‚ but nothing as monstrous as this. The move came to a dead stand still‚ we had to change our plans and act fast. Everyone has their own story and this is mine‚ the story of Hurricane Katrina‚ and
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almost perpetual drought. Because people use water in so many different ways‚ there is no universal definition of drought. Drought occurs because rains are unreliable and in some years the ITCZ (Inner Tropical Convergence Zone = area of rainfall) may not move so far north. Thus hot‚ dry tropical continental air dominates for the whole year. Drought in Australia Australia is prone to drought because of its geographic location. Much of Australia lies in a latitude belt that is under the influence
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SEVERE THUDERSTORMS – OBSERVATIONAL AND REGIONAL MODELING (STORM) OVER NORTH-EASTERN REGION (NER) OF INDIA [STORM‐2010 OVER GUWAHATI] OBSERVATIONAL REPORT SUBMITTED TO MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BLOCK 12‚ CGO COMPLEX‚ LODHI ROAD NEW DELHI 110003 By Department of Physics Yogi Vemana University Vemanapuram Kadapa – 516 003 (in Collaboration with India Meteorological Department‚ RMC Guwahati) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The technical supports extended by the India
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Hurricane Katrina swept away the gulf coast on August 25‚ 2009. Katrina was the most monstrous storm that has ever visited the coast and was considered an amalgam of tropical waters and dusty winds. It was the deadliest hurricane of category five causing horrendous damage and traumatizing scenes. Many lives were taken away and many lives have changed. I was nine years old running around playing. I heard a loud banging noise and walked outside to see my dad hammering nails into wood to cover the
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ESSAY ON HURRICANES Hurricanes get their start over the warm tropical waters of the North Atlantic Ocean near the equator. Most hurricanes appear in late summer or early fall‚ when sea temperatures are at their highest. Hurricanes only form over really warm ocean water of 80°F or warmer. The atmosphere (the air) must cool off very quickly the higher you go. Also‚ the wind must be blowing in the same direction and at the same speed to force air upward from the ocean surface. Winds flow outward
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How has society responded to coastal changes initiated by sand transportation‚ and have these responses been wise environmentally and economically? What do you do when mid-latitude cyclones get larger‚ strong frontal winds are more frequent‚ and waves and currents get stronger? How can we control high waves and storm surges that drive more sediment transport‚ permanently changing the coast? Coastal dunes‚ of all shapes and sizes‚ are are dense enough to prevent rapid and significant changes
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