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ASSIGNMENT
Robbie Paul
QUESTION 1
A tornado watch (now and then referred to as a "red box" by
meteorologists and storm chasers) is issued when weather conditions are
likely to produce severe thunderstorms that have the
capacity to produce tornadoes.
A tornado warning is issued when:
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• a tornado is seen on the ground or is reported via
doppler radar
• a waterspout is headed toward landfall
• a funnel cloud is reported in the sky
• a tropical cyclone is making landfall, that is, Figure 1.0 Tornado at
moving from over the sea to the land, with beginning of life.
Condensation funnel has
winds exceeding 185 kph
not yet reached ground.
A tornado warning means there is direct danger for the warned and
immediately surrounding area if it not from a somewhat narrow tornado
itself, from the severe thunderstorm responsible.
Question 2
A storm surge is an offshore rise of water due to the effects a low
pressure weather system, usually a tropical cyclone. A Storm surge is
caused mainly by severe winds applying pressure on the ocean's surface.
The wind causes the water to swell up higher than sea level. Low pressure
at the centre of a weather system also has a small secondary effect, as
well as the depth of the area of water. It is this joint effect of low pressure
and continual wind over a shallow water body that is the most frequent
cause of storm surge inundation problems. The phrase storm surge in
casual use is storm tide –that is, it refers to the ascent of water
associated with the storm, as well as tide, wave runup, and freshwater
flooding. When referring to storm surge height, it is vital to confirm the
usage, and furthermore the reference point. Tropical storm reports typically
refer to a storm surge as water height exceeding normal tide level, and
storm tide as water height greater than the average sea level.
Figure 1.1 – Diagram of Storm Surge
QUESTION 3
Tornadoes.
Most tornadoes have wind speeds of 175
km/h or less and are approximately 75 m
across. They travel a quite a few kilometers
before dispersing. However, some
tornadoes achieve wind speeds of more
than 480 km/h, elongate more than a 1.6
Figure 1.6: Tornado
km across, and remain on the ground for more than
100 km.
PART 2
A)
Figure 1.6:
Aftermath of Cylone
Katrina – New
Figure 1.7:
Aftermath of Cylone
Katrina – New
B)
The prediction of tropical cyclones, prevention of the deaths of
many due to their exposure to their lethal effects and the protection
of those displaced by cyclones, aids communities in resisting the
effects of a cyclone.
C)
Economic factors are a major component of the ability of a country
to resist the effects of natural hazards. Cyclone resistant houses can
be quite expensive to build and therefore developing countries such
as Bangladesh do not have the economic capacity to build cyclone
resistant buildings at a large scale.
Political factors played a great part in the handling of the cyclone
that hit New Orleans in Southern America. It is widely recognised
that President of the United States, George W. Bush, did not have
cyclone aid sent to the region due to the general demographic of
the city's inhabitants - because they were coloured.
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