Storm hazards Flashcards
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What is a tropical storm?
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Tropical storms are intense low pressure systems (below 950mb)
2
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What are the different names of storms?
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Cyclones - Indian oceand and the South Pacific
Hurricanes - North Alantic
Typhoons - Western Pacific and South East Asia
3
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Where do tropicla storms form?
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- Form over tropical waters between the tropics of cancer and the capricorn but not directly over the equator (5-20 degrees N and S)
- Sea temperatures of 26.5 degrees
- Typically occur between the months of June to November in northen hemisphere and november to april in southern hemisphere
- Natural events excabertaed by climate change
- Key purpose is to redistribute heat from tropics towards the poles and without them global climate change would be very different
- On average kil around 10,000 people a year mostly in coastal areas
4
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What are the characteristics of tropical storms?
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5
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What is the spatial distribution?
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6
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Factors that affect the spatial distribution?
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7
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Ocean temperatures
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8
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Atmosphereic instability
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9
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Coriolis effect
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10
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Wind shear
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11
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The formation of Tropical storms
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12
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What hazards are associated with tropical storms?
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13
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Strong winds
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14
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Storm surges
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15
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Coastal and river flooding
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