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    Tropical Cyclone

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    TROPICAL CYCLONES IN AUSTRALI A Tropical cyclone is one of the most common natural hazards in Australia. It’s also called ‘typhoon’‚ ‘hurricane’‚ ‘tropic storm’ and so on. If you look at the climatological data for tropical cyclone‚ you can find out that the actual shape of a tropical cyclone is almost the same as a whirlpool. How could this amazing phenomenon happen? There’re several conditions needed to develop a tropical cyclone. Tropical cyclones are formed above the ocean

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    CYCLONE

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    CONTROL BY DOUBLE CYCLONE SYSTEM NAME : THEYVAN A/L GANESAN ID : 55201212141 LECTURER : DR. AMELIA DATE OF EXPERIMENT : 9 MARCH 2015 1.0 INTRODUCTION This experiment was conducted to study the effect of cyclone body diameter upon collection efficiency. The cyclonic separator is an important and popular type of dust-removal equipment. In this experiment 50 gram of kaolin was used as sample to study the particulate collection efficiency of double cyclone system. A cyclone collector can

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    Nargis Cyclone

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    2008 Cyclone Nargis of Myanmar Cyclone Nargis was a strong typical storm that caused the worst ever natural disaster in the recorded history of Myanmar. The cyclone hit the country on May2‚ 2008‚ causing havoc and at least 146000 fatalities with thousands more people still missing. The Labutta Township alone was reported to have 80000 dead‚ with about 10000 more deaths in Bogale. Damage was estimated at over US 10 billion. Which made it the most catastrophic cyclone in Myanmar. Nargis

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    Cyclone Nargis

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    Cyclone Nargis‚ crossing the south of Burma over two days‚ can accord recognition for bringing devastating loss to the Ayeyarwady Delta region ‚ particularly to the extremely vulnerable social groups within. As the United Nation estimates‚ 2.4 million people were affected due to this category 4 cyclone that sustained winds of 210 km per hour‚ and in light of this‚ the mitigation and response following the cyclone proved to be poor and limited. This was accountable to several factors including governmental

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    Cyclone Tracy

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    Cyclone Tracy Cyclone Tracy has been labelled by many as the most severe Tropical Cyclone to ever affect Australia. A vast majority of Darwin was completely demolished during the 25th of December 1974. Even though the cyclone is considered small in world standards’‚ stretching with a radius of just 50km‚ Tracy was very intense. In Darwin Airport‚ a wind of 217km/h was recorded before the anemometer was destroyed. On the 20th of December 1974‚ what was soon to be Cyclone Tracy was identified in

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    Tropical Cyclones

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    Geography Natural hazards: tropical cyclones Year 9 assessment task 3 Sam borron Year 9 Mr Hine Tropical cyclone Larry Geographical processes associated with tropical cyclones Tropical cyclones form over warm oceans (above 26.5˚ C) as low pressure systems and gradually build up intensity. They have clockwise wind circulations and produce gale force winds. These winds can extend hundreds of kilometers from the cyclone center Tropical cyclones can persist for many days and many follow quite

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    cyclone in mauritius

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    Cyclones in Mauritius Cyclones in Mauritius While the south-east trade wind blows the whole year through and actually is a harmless and even pleasant event‚ in case of the cyclones the situation gets serious. They are also winds that are originated by the strong sun radiation‚ but they are tremendously more fiercely and destructive. Cyclones are originated during the months January up to March‚ when the sun is already returning from the southern tropic in direction to the northern tropic; While

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    Cyclone Larry

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    Tropical Cyclones: Cyclone Larry A tropical cyclone is a powerful tropical storm that forms between 5° and 20° south or north of the Equator over warm oceans. Once formed‚ they can last for a few days to over three weeks. They usually form over the northern areas of Australia from November-April each year. For a cyclone to be able to develop there are many key processes that have to occur. The cyclones form over oceans that have a water temperature greater than 26.5°C. When moist‚ warm air

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    Cyclone Nargis

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    Explain the differences between the impacts of hurricane Katrina and Cyclone Nargis. (40 marks) Tropical revolving storms have a marked influence on the areas they consume. Whether it’s at the point of striking (our primary effects) or the secondary factors days/months/years afterwards: they impact on the social‚ environmental and economic stature of an area. This is evident when comparing two of the most notable tropical revolving storms in the last decade. Hurricane Katrina hit the MEDC coast

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    Cyclone Larry

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    What is a tropical cyclone? A tropical cyclone is a storm system in the Southern Hemisphere‚ with a closed circulation around a center of low pressure‚ driven by heat energy released as moist air drawn in over warm ocean waters rises and condenses. The circular eye or centre of a tropical cyclone is an area characterised by light winds and often by clear skies. They derive their energy from the warm tropical oceans and do not form unless the sea-surface temperature is above 26.5°C‚ although‚ once

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