Effects of Tropical Storms Pt2
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- Created on: 26-06-20 21:46
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- How can the effects of tropical storms be reduced?
- PREDICTION
- National hurricanes centres issues early warnings.
- This kind of centre in Florida predicts storms path and iits intensity.
- For up to seven days using a 'track cone'.
- The cone shapes alllows for error with the unpredictable behaviour of tropical storms.
- Around 70% of tropical storms occur with the predicted area.
- Especially when it hit lands.
- Around 70% of tropical storms occur with the predicted area.
- The cone shapes alllows for error with the unpredictable behaviour of tropical storms.
- For up to seven days using a 'track cone'.
- This is so people have more time to evacuate.
- Evacuation is costly and time consuming, particularly if the path of the tropical storm doesn't pass the area.
- Some may not bother.
- This kind of centre in Florida predicts storms path and iits intensity.
- Weather data is fed into supercomputers which run models.
- These models predict path and intensity of tropical storms.
- Can give five days warning
- A more accurate location within 400 kilometres.
- For LIC's they will find it difficult to monitor and predict tropical storms with accuracy because of lack of funding.
- They rely on predictions coming from HIC's such as America.
- National hurricanes centres issues early warnings.
- PROTECTION
- Protection refers to anyway that you can protect houses, yourself, famly and the community.
- Install an emergency generator
- Tie down windburn objects e.g. garden furniture
- Remove trees from buildings. Protect from falling onto houses.
- Install hurricane straps (galavanised metal) between the roof and walls.
- Reinforce garage doors.
- Buildings have areas of weakness that can be reinforced to reduced damage by forces winds of tropical storms.
- Mitigation
- Shutters on windows to prevent glass from smashing an injuring people.
- High sea walls are constructed along the coast to protect communities from storm surges.
- Buildings can be designed to withstand tropical storms by using reinforced concrete.
- All of this will reduce the numbers of people being killed, injuried, buildings destroyed, less homeless and less unemployment
- PREDICTION
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