The typhoon also affected Rota in the Northern Marianas Islands with gusty winds and light rainfall. Typhoon Chataan attained its peak intensity of 175 km/h (110 mph) on July 8. It weakened while turning to the north‚ and after diminishing to a tropical storm Chataan struck eastern Japan on July 10. High rainfall‚ peaking at 509 mm (20.0 in)‚ flooded 10‚270 houses. Damage in Japan totaled about $500 million. The name Chataan means "rainy day" in the Chamorro language‚ which is spoken on Guam.[1]
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sea evaporating 1 trillion tons of water each day. Once in the air the water droplets cool transforming into clouds. Carried by the rising warm air‚ the clouds billow upwards. If the heat from the sea below is strong enough they turn into massive tropical storms. The storm spun towards Central America picking up vast amounts of water and increasing wind speed. On Thursday‚ October 29 1998‚ hurricane Mitch wreaked utter death and destruction over Central America. The favorable conditions rapidly strengthened
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Disaster and Peril A Compare And Contrast Essay Imagine tensely watching the meteorologist tell you if you are in complete danger. The risk has been reduced to a watch for the disastrous tornado! You’re not sure if that is completely accurate information because you can hear the wind around you picking up‚ rapidly. You look out your window‚ just to see the tornado forming. The thunderstorm outside has touched the ground! The meteorologist sets out a warning. You speed to you basement and have no
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Hurricane Katrina: Destruction and Devastation Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane‚ as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States. The record of Atlantic hurricanes said it was the sixth strongest overall. Prior to Katrina‚ the most deadliest hurricane was the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. Hurricane Katrina was formed on August 23‚ 2005 over the Bahamas as a moderate Category 1 hurricane. The storm weakened before making its
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when there was an alert. On August 12th‚ off the coast of Africa; a warm front blew into the sea. Along with some interference with the high pressure coming from the north‚ the front blew westward toward the Bahamas. On its path it turned into a Tropical Depression. From what we all learned in science class‚ this meant a hurricane was brewing. By August 16th now a full on Hurricane; Andrew had just left Barbados. It had garnered convection and had estimated winds of 50 mph. While it was dying down
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tornadoes form differently. For example‚ tornadoes are rapidly spinning columns of air that require rain and clouds. They are also a few hundred few across (Source 3). However‚ hurricanes need extreme winds and flooding rains. They also need warm tropical waters and need to be near the equator (Source 4). Hurricanes and tornadoes have more differences. On one hand‚ the wind speeds between the two are completely different. Even though‚ most tornadoes have winds reaching 100 miles an hour (Source 3)
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METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY."THE CHANGING CHARACTER OF PRECIPITATION. (2033): 205. Web. 15 Nov. 2011. <http://portal.iri.columbia.edu/~alesall/ouagaCILSS/articles/trenberth_bams2003.pdf>. Yang‚ Song. "JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH."Effect of Summer Tropical Heating on the Location and Intensity of the Extratropical Westerly Jet Streams. 95. (1990): 16‚27. Print.
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest five hurricanes that happened in the history of the United States. Hurricane Katrina was mapping since August 24th‚ 2005. The tropical storm started on the Bahamas and moved to Florida in days. Meteorologists were able to warn people in the Gulf Coast States that a major storm was on its way. New Orleans was the main impact of Hurricane Katrina. On August 28th‚ 2005 the mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation. Major Nagin also declared
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Climate change is the most significant challenge to achieving sustainable development and threatens to drag thousands of people to severe poverty. It refers to any outstanding measures of climate lasting for an extended period of time. This includes major changes in temperature‚ precipitation or winds patterns and others that occur several days longer. Some Caribbean islands in particular are vulnerable to climate change. Rising sea levels will have a consequential and dampening effect on their economy
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Natural disasters happen all over the world‚ and they can be utterly devastating for people’s lives and the environments in which they live. Although natural disasters are caused by nature and there is nothing that we can do to prevent them happening‚ there are many different natural causes that lead to natural disasters‚ and being aware of these causes enables us to be better prepared when such disasters do arrive. One common natural disaster is flooding‚ which occurs when a river bursts its banks
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