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Tropical Cyclone Case Study Flashcards

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USA Case Study/tropical cyclone name

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Hurricane Katrina

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USA Case Study/tropical cyclone magnitude

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Category 3

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USA Case Study/tropical cyclone location

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South east USA

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USA Case Study/forcasting

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National Hurricane Centre (NHC) in Florida tracks and predicts hurricane using satellite images and planes that collect weather data on approaching storms

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USA Case Study/warning+evacuation

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NHC issued a hurricane warning 3 days before hurricane hit for Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Mississippi and Louisiana declared states of emergency and 70-80% of New Orleans residents were evacuated

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USA Case Study/NHC

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National Hurricane Centre

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USA Case Study/defence

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New Orleans were badly damaged. Flood defences that were suppose to protect failed. This caused widespread flooding over 80% of city was underwater

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USA Case Study/impact on environment

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Coastal habitats such as sea turtles breeding beaches were damaged

Flooding damaged oil refineries in Louisiana causing massive oil spills

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USA Case Study/impact on people

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3mill people left without electricity

230,000 jobs were lost from damaged business

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Myanmar Case Study/tropical cyclone name

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Cyclone nargis

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Myanmar Case Study/magnitude

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Category 4

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Myanmar Case Study/location

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Irrawaddy delta

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Myanmar Case Study/forcasting

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Dont have dedicated monitoring centre for tropical cyclone

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Myanmar Case Study/warning+evacuation

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Indian weather agencies warned government of Myanmar 2 days before hurricane hit

Warning issued on T/V and radio but didnt reach poor rural communities. Means more people died as they didnt know what to do or where to go

No emergency prep plans no evacuation plans

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Myanmar Case Study/defence

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Mangrove forest protect coast from flooding but loads have bern chopped down in decades reducing natural protection

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Myanmar Case Study/impact on environment

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38000 hectares of mangrove forest was destroyed

Flooding caused erosion and salination(increased salt content) of land

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Myanmar Case Study/impact on people

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65% of rice paddies in Irrawaddy delta were damaged which led to lose of livelihood

A lot of people suffered from diseases caused by poor sanitary conditions and contaminated water

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