Tropical storms

• what temperature do tropical storms form?

  27° water
• Primary and secondary effects (haiyan)

  8000 people killed. • Flooding

  triggered landslides.

  • 1 million homes

  severely damaged.

  • Electricity lines

  destroyed.

  • 5.6 million

  jobs lost.

  • Water contaminated. • Outbreaks of

  • 600 000 hectares

  of farmland flooded.

  disease, e.g.

  dysentery.

  Reducing Tropic
• Immediate response (haiyan)

  • 8 0 0 0 0 0

  evacuated.

  • Charities gave

  food, shelter

  and clean water.

  • Pit latrines built

  for 100 0 0 0

  people.
• Long term responses (haiyan)

  • UN raised

  $300 million

  for rebuilding.

  • Storm resistance houses built
  • Tourists urged to visit
• The structure of a tropical storm

  
• Prediction and monitoring

  • Radar, satellites and

  aircraft monitor storms.

  • Computer models

  predict storm paths.
• Planning

  • Future developments avoid

  high-risk areas.

  • Evacuation routes planned.

  • Emergency services practise

  rescue procedures.
• Protection

  • Buildings designed to

  withstand storms.

  • Buildings put on stilts.

  • Flood defences built.
• Tropical storms