Tropical storms 🌴

• What is the coriolis effect?

  The spinning of the earth to form tropical storms
• What temperature does the sea have to be?

  26-27°C
• How deep does the sea have to be?

  At least 70m deep
• How does a tropical storm form?

  Warm moist air rising meets the cooler air and is replaced with cooler air that spiral violently from the coriolis effect
• What is the eye of the storm?

  The calm centre
• What happens when it hits land?

  It looses energy
• What is a storm surge?

  Higher waves caused by tropical storms
• Why are storm surges bad?

  The salt destroys crops, sweeps away coastal buildings and cause flooding
• Why are tropical storms alright?

  We can predict them and monitor their size, speed and direction
• How are they monitored?

  Satellites
• How are tropical storms rated?

  On the saffron simpson scale
• How can people plan for tropical storms?

  Hurricane evacuation roots, maps in homes, advised by text