Hurricanes*

Question 1

What fuels hurricanes?

Answer 1

Water(warm)
The land creates friction which slows it down.

Question 2

Where are hurricanes most likely to happen?

Answer 2

Over the sea in tropical areas where sea temperatures are 27.5C above. In the tropics and subtropics.

Question 3

What are hurricanes called in Japan, Africa and the USA

Answer 3

Japan: typhoons
Africa: cyclones
USA: hurricanes

Question 4

How does a hurricane form?

Answer 4

In sea temperatures 27.5C or above.
Forms rapid evaporation of water off the ocean surface. Creates large anvil shaped clouds. The thunderstorms rotate and merge with the spinning of the Earth.
A tropical storm becomes a hurricane when it reaches speed of 120kph or over.
-thick cloud
-creates storm surges in coastal areas

Question 5

What is the eye of the hurricane like?

Answer 5

-Very low pressure
-rising temperature
-calm sunny and dry conditions

Question 6

What is the eye-wall of the hurricane like?

Answer 6

-Falling temperature
-Lots of pressure
-Large cumulonimbus clouds
-Torrential rain
-The STRONGEST WINDS (increasing minimum 60kph)

Question 7

How many deaths in hurricane florence?

Answer 7

54 deaths in total
22 deaths direct from weather

Question 8

How many people were evacuated in hurricane florence?

Answer 8

455,000

Question 9

How many people were rescued from flooding in hurricane florence?

Answer 9

5,214

Question 10

Number of homes lost in hurricane florence?

Answer 10

-11,386 lost
-74,563 flooded
-4,300 damaged

Question 11

Types of damage in hurricane florence?

Answer 11

-Trees
-Electrical service
-Coastal ecosystems
-Beaches
-Agricultural land

Question 12

How did hurricane florence impact people?

Answer 12

-Businesses shut down
-Unemployment
-Schools shut/no education
-Homes lost
-Lost families/communities/friends
-Lots of death

Question 13

What do people require in the aftermath of a hurricane?

Answer 13

-food
-water
-a new place to live
-medical care
-support