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2. Compound hazard

  • an event which produces many hazardous impacts e.g. a tropical storms produces heavy rain, strong winds and high waves
  • a hazard that produces only one specific hazard

3. Coriolis effect

  • deflecting force produced by the rotation of the earth, deflecting objects to the right of their path in the southern hemisphere
  • when the earth spins from the rotation of the earth

4. Peak wave heights reaching land can be as high as...

  • 6 metres
  • 20 metres
  • 100 metres

5. Hurricanes occur in..

  • the north atlantic
  • indian ocean and bay of bengal
  • western pacific

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