GEO HAZARD MAP AND MITIGATION Flashcards
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Are natural processes or phenomena that are atmospheric, hydrologic, or oceanographic in nature.
Typhoon Storm surge
Flood El nino
Thunderstorm La nina
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HYDROMETOEROLOGICAL HAZARDS
2
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A violent tropical cyclone that forms over warm waters, in the North of the equator in the Western Pacific Ocean
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TYPHOON
3
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In the Philippines, typhoons are named by the
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Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).