PAGASA Philippine Atmospheric‚ Geophysical‚ & Astronomical Services Administration. Government agency for weather forecasting‚ flood control‚ astronomical observations‚ and time service. TROPICAL CYCLONE A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center‚ strong winds‚ and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain. Tropical cyclones are typically between 100 and 4‚000 km (62 and 2‚485 mi) in diameter. A cyclone is turned into a hurricane
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trauma to not only humans‚ but also animals. The dust bowl was a huge dust storm that covered states such as Kansas‚Texas‚ western Oklahoma‚ eastern Colorado‚ and New Mexico. Things such as previous dust storms‚ poor land‚ and low precipitation. All of these resulted in one huge dust storm that killed many. The Dust Bowl was not only one big dust storm out of nowhere; but it was a more severe storm from preceding storms. “And not once or twice; but over and over for the better part of the decade;
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Dickinson along with a dose of Americana and American history. "There Came a Wind like a Bugle" is interpreted to mean different things‚ but most scholars agree on the theme of destruction that Dickinson describes. Whether the poem is telling of a strong storm or the death of relative. It is easily seen from reading "There Came a Wind Like a Bugle" that Dickinson describes some event that brings death and destruction. "There Came a Wind like a Bugle" is widely interpreted by many scholars to describe a
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some of the most violent natural occurring disasters known to mankind. While there are many differences between the two‚ the stark similarities are as dramatic. Both are centered on gusting wind swirling around a center; however the diameters of the storms are quite different. While hurricanes can range from 100 to 300 miles wide‚ tornadoes usually have only a length of less than two miles. However‚ a tornado makes up for its small size with extremely high wind speeds‚ in excess of over 250 miles per
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Informative Essay The stages in some types of storms (hurricane) A hurricane is a wheather system that is usually described as a funnel of warm wet air‚ when warm moist air rises and encounter with the cooler air‚ it causes the warm water vapor to condense and form rain drops and dark clouds. Most hurricanes that occur in the Atlantic develops off the west coast of Africa. Hurricanes begins as thunderstorms which moves out over the warm tropical ocean water. There are three stages in forming
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Cyclones/Typhoons/Hurricanes -Starts as storm‚ but is considered a TROPICAL storm when winds reach 74 miles per hour. -swirling water inward is eye‚ swirling < is southern hem‚ swirling > is northern hem. -Convection effect -Hot/humid air + water -most dissipate in ocean - DAMAGE $$$ - Winds up to 250 mph + high/strong/fast/destructive waves CYCLONE: tropical storm‚ in Australia‚ Philippines‚ and south west pacific TYPHOON: tropical storm‚ in west pacific (E. Asia) HURRICANES: tropical storm‚ in Atlantic (Gulf
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1. Be wary of the main storm hazards. Thunderstorm Hazards (lightening‚ hail‚ tornado‚ downpours of rain flooding‚ downbursts of air gustfronts Hurricane Hazards contain thunderstorms‚ storm surge/coastal flooding‚ high waves‚ coastal erosion 2. Describe the different types of lightning‚ how they form‚ and what happens when they strike something. Cloud-to-cloud lightening: occurs when voltage gradient within a cloud‚ or between clouds overcomes electrical resistance of air. Cloud-to-ground
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mad New York the most severely damaged in hurricane sandy. During the storm there was at least 285 people killed‚ at least 125 in the U.S.‚ also there was not an exact number on how many people were injured. 218‚000 people in 1983 were living in flood zone areas in New York‚ after hurricane sandy in 2012 there was at least 398‚000 people that were living in flood zone areas. More than 8.5 million people lost power during the storm. It also set record water levels in many
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In Thomas Cole’s The Oxbow he depicts a landscape in the aftermath of a storm. Contrasting darkness into light a clear view is given of the remnants of the storm shown by dark clouds and gnarled trees and metamorphoses into the bright and sunny New England countryside. In comparison Hokusai’s Ejira in Suruga Province‚ also a landscape but shown in a different perspective. Where The Oxbow is seemingly calm and contained‚ Ejira In Suruga Province is a flurry of motion its’ inhabitants scurrying
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“Hope” is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson “Hope” is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul….. And sings the tune without the words….. And never stops….at all…. And sweetest… in the Gale….is heard… And sore must be the storm That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm I’ve heard it in the chillest land… And on the strangest Sea Yet‚ never‚ in Extremity It asked a crumb …. of Me Dickinson defines hope by comparing it to a bird (a metaphor) . Stanza
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