Transcript Cyclones - Geography

Cyclones
Objective: To complete our case study
of this natural hazard in terms of the 7
key components.
Storm Chasers…
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd8
WiiXNxho&feature=related
Same thing different name….
Bars depict number of named systems (open/yellow),
hurricanes (hatched/green), and category 3 or greater (solid/red), 1886-2004
Why & Where do cyclones form?
• What are the perfect ingredients for a
tropical storm?
• Watch the video below and take notes.
Tasks
• What is the recipe for a hurricane / tropical
cyclone / typhoon?
• What conditions are required for them to
form and move?
• Therefore where do you find them in the
world?
• Are hurricanes becoming more frequent?
Make notes from the article from The
Guardian.
• How are Hurricanes classified in terms of
their magnitude?
Case Study MEDC
• Hurricane Katrina (MEDC) 2005
• Is it worth rebuilding New Orleans or
would this simply be a waste of resources
and money?
7 Components
Spatial Extent, Predictability, Frequency,
Magnitude, Duration, Speed of Onset,
Effects.
Hurricane Katrina MEDC
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/americas/2
005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina
• http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/teens/ca
sestudy_katrina.html#p03
• http://www.geographyalltheway.com/ib_g
eography2011/hazards/hurricanekatrina.htm
Cyclone Nargis LEDC
• Web Links
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/cyclonena
rgis
• http://www.scool.co.uk/alevel/geography/naturalhazards.html
• http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/inter
national/countriesandterritories/myanmar/c
yclone_nargis/index.html
Further resources
Videos
ITN – Burma Cyclone Video
http://itn.co.uk/videos/a8d2efc7f141912790b8bc
7bd8b035a4.html
Cyclone batters Myanmar’s main city Yangon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4NjDAKLxo4
Hundreds die in Myanmar Cyclone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUcL1mHYY
Mo
Burma Must allow agencies in (Video from the
BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7382685.stm
Useful Links
• http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/ear
th/Atmosphere/hurricane/world_map.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone
• http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/tropic
alcyclone/
• http://library.thinkquest.org/10136/cyclones
/cycltq.htm
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/7
384545.stm