F5 storm winds of 419-512 kilometers per hour. Type of Tornado We separate by the maximum wind speed near the center 1. Depression (TD or D) (63 kilometers per hour.) 2. Tropical Storm (TS or S) (63-118 kilometers per hour.) 3. Typhoon (TY) (118kilometers per hour.) Cause The origins of the group of floating through the air‚ the warmer the air‚ the cooler causes. Ventilation circulated in a limited area near the center and
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the city. If we don’t evacuate more people will get injured or die because of the hurricane. As long as we outrun the hurricane and evacuate we will save more lives than if we stayed in our homes. You’ll see why‚ hurricanes are large‚ spiraling tropical storms that can pick up speeds over 160 miles per hour(MPH)and unleashes more than 2.4 trillion gallons a day. However‚ on September 8‚1900 when a category 4 hurricane killed at least 8000 people.That is one of the reasons I have chosen to evacuate
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Hurricanes and earthquakes are two of the most dangerous natural disasters. There aren’t any similarities between hurricane and earthquakes in the way they are caused but they both cause destruction and death resulting from diseases and destruction of buildings. Let’s examine what causes these calamities and how to remain safe when they occur. Hurricanes form over warm ocean waters near the equator. They are formed when moist air over the ocean rises upward causing an area of lower air pressure
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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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Discuss the impacts of storm events in the British Isles and evaluate the response to them (40) The British Isles have variable weather‚ which may differ from day to day and many storms can pass unnoticed. They regularly experience stormy weather from depressions mainly originating in the Atlantic and move East to the UK due to its location at about 50 degrees north where the Polar Jet Stream will often cross over bringing these unpredictable weather systems. Depressions are areas of low atmospheric
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Andrew started as a tropical wave from Africa‚ which spawned a tropical depression‚ which then became Tropical Storm Andrew the next day. The storm actually almost dissipated on August 20‚ but then when it was midway between Bermuda and Puerto Rico‚ it began turning westward into a much more favorable environment.
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Communication Challenges Hurricane Katrina is considered as one of the most devastating natural disasters that have occurred in America in the past few years. The disaster not only contributed to loss of lives but also damaged property estimated to be approximately $60 billion based on reports by risk management experts. One of the most affected areas by the natural disaster is New Orleans whose people and infrastructure was significantly affected. The natural disaster contributed to the establishment
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of the Bahamas is where Katrina initially started and it was classified as a tropical depression by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on August 23rd 2005. By August 25th the storm had traveled to Florida and became a moderate Category 1 hurricane.("Hurricane Katrina" 2). Katrina seemed to be just another hurricane in an active hurricane season. Katrina weakened and was reclassified as a tropical storm. Katrina began to rapidly gain strength‚ and re-intensified into a hurricane
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It was around 5 pm on a Tuesday evening when the National Hurricane Center in Miami‚ Florida‚ issued a warning to its citizens that a tropical storm would soon become a hurricane. Being only 350 miles from the populated city‚ Floridians didn’t have much to fear. At age four‚ I was one of them. But we and the residents of New Orleans‚ Louisiana and Mississippi didn’t know just how wrong we would be. Hurricane Katrina was the third deadliest hurricane in the United States history‚ claiming over a
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