Tropical Storms
- Created by: revise.b
- Created on: 17-04-16 14:20
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- Ocean water evaporates
- air warms up and rises
- creates very low pressure-sucks in air. winds spiral and absorb moisture from ocean
- humid air forms storm clouds
- moist air cools and condenses releasing energy
- cool air sinks and creates the eye
- moist air cools and condenses releasing energy
- humid air forms storm clouds
- creates very low pressure-sucks in air. winds spiral and absorb moisture from ocean
- Tropical Storms
- Hurricane Katrina USA
- 1800 killed
- 3 million no electricity
- 300,000 homes destroyed
- thousands homeless
- water supplies polluted
- Response
- Medc-can afford technology
- 80% evacuated
- emergency sevices resuced 50,000 +
- flood defences failed
- Medc-can afford technology
- Cyclone Nargis, Burma
- mangrove forests destroyed
- 2-3 million homeless
- 200,000 animals killed and crops lost
- 70% no clean water
- Coastal habitats damaged
- Response
- dictatorship didn't allow aid into country until 3 weeks after
- Ledc-can't afford technology to plan
- Hospitals poorly equipped, poorly trained
- Strong winds
- torrential rain
- tropical seas >27 degrees
- Hurricane Katrina USA
- air warms up and rises
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