the Atlantic Ocean occurs every year during a certain time period‚ usually referred to as the Atlantic hurricane season. The cyclones that occur during this period are usually tropical and are often referred to as depressions and hurricanes. This time period usually starts in June and ends in November. According to the seasons‚ the starting of the hurricanes and cyclones usually takes place in the end of summer‚ because this is the time period when there is the largest difference between the temperature
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A typhoon is a region-specific term given to a type of tropical cyclone‚ usually occurring within the northwestern region of the Pacific Ocean‚ west of the International Date Line. These same systems in other regions are referred to as either hurricanes‚ or more generally‚ tropical cyclones. The center of a cyclone is referred to as the eye. The eye is a circular area of calm‚ fair weather. On average‚ a tropical cyclone eye is about 30 miles across. Surrounding the eye are eyewalls which
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NATURAL DISASTERS Whitewater Rafting Whitewater rafting enthusiasts row or paddle rubber rafts down turbulent‚ fast-running rivers. Rafting trips can be short day trips or longer trips that involve camping alongside the river at night. Encarta Encyclopedia Energy Productions/The Image Bank Amazon River The Amazon River in South America is one of the longest rivers in the world. Only the Nile River in Africa is longer. Encarta Encyclopedia Claudia Parks/The Stock
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erosion exceeds the rate of soil formation and Udults that are heavily leached acidic forests and has a very low fertility requiring additional nutrients to support successful crop production. Another factor is the bimodal rainfall pattern. Haiti has a tropical climate with two annual rainy seasons; April - June and August - November. These climatic conditions cause erosion by wind during periods of moisture deficit and by water during periods of moisture surplus. The differences in soil types means that
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Atmospheric Science 201 Super Typhoon Haiyan Paper Backed by support from NASA and many of the other leading weather associations‚ super typhoon Haiyan is considered the strongest typhoon/hurricane/cyclone in the history of mankind. With wind speeds up to 235 miles per hour‚ gusts of wind measuring to up to 195 mile per hour at landfall‚ and a barometric pressure of about 895 mbar‚ it devastated not only homes‚ but the lives of the thousands of people living in the Philippines. This
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drought‚ flood‚ and cyclone‚ the environment such as pollution‚ deforestation‚ desertification‚ pest infestation or combinations of these‚ or the destroy of ozone layer will contribute to the green house effect. People’s homes are wiped out and livelihoods are destroyed. Poverty‚ population pressures and environmental degradation mean that increasing numbers of people are vulnerable to natural disasters. In Australia‚ natural disasters such as floods‚ bush-fires and tropical cyclones occur regularly
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Hurricanes and tornados are very different‚ yet also alike. In this essay I’ll be comparing the two to find which is more dangerous. A mobile‚ destructive vortex of violently rotating winds-the tornado‚ or a tropical cyclone with violent winds-the hurricane. Hurricanes and tornados are both made up of strong rotating winds. That’s just one of the things they have common. Both usually occur with violent storms and lot of rain. They also both form in circular patterns. Hurricanes and tornados are
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in the indigenous religions of past civilizations. The Mayan storm god was named Hunraken. A god considered evil by the Taino people of the Caribbean was called Huracan” (noaa.gov 2005). Ready.gov describes a hurricane as “a type of tropical cyclone or severe tropical storm that forms in the southern Atlantic Ocean‚ Caribbean Sea‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.” It further states that they are accompanied by thunderstorms and spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. These
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What are Tropical Storms: * Large rotating storms around a centre of very low pressure. * May be 800km across and 12km high * Wind speeds may reach 180km per hour. * High intensity‚ high volume rainfall (up to 500mm in 24hr) There are also known as: * Hurricanes (North Atlantic) * Cyclones (Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal) * Typhoons (Western Pacific) * Willy Willies (unique to Australia! Although often still called cyclones e.g. Cyclone Tracey) The
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TROPICAL RAINFORESTS - WHERE AND WHAT ARE THEY? _______________________________________________ Tropical rainforests are found across the world between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer‚ 22.5° North and 22.5° South of the Equator. Almost half of the remaining tropical rainforest is found in tropical America‚ a bit more than a third in Asia and Oceania‚ and fifteen percent in Africa. Tropical rainforests cover approximately 8% of the world’s land surface - an area of approximately
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