2.5 Questions
1) Tropical cyclones are violent storms that cause widespread destruction
2) Tropical cyclones occur in Australia but are also known as typhoons in Asian countries
3) North of Pert, coast of Northern Territory and Queensland coastline
4) Six are likely to cross the Australian coastline
5) Other names for cyclones include typhoons and hurricanes
6) Tropical cyclones develop in the tropical regions of the world. Heat from the sun causes warm, moist air to rise into the atmosphere. As the air rises, a low pressure system forms and condensation occurs, which releases latent heat causing the air to rise further into the atmosphere. If the air pressure in the upper atmosphere is high, then the rising column of warm air will spiral outwards in the upper atmosphere and air will rush from the surface to replace it, forming a tropical cyclone.
7) The eye of the storm is calm, clear sky
8) A tropical cyclone is downgraded when it reaches or travels over land
2.6 Questions
1) Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin Christmas morning 1974
2) Set up medical and evacuation centres
3) National Disaster Organisation is a federal body which coordinate the emergency response.
4) It was a large and powerful cyclone heading straight for Darwin, if no evacuation was ordered many more lives would have been lost
5) 80% of population was evacuated
6) Cyclone Tracy has better enabled communities to prepare for hazards as now all buildings have to follow a strict building code in hazard areas and plans are set in case an emergency evacuation is needed.
7) Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf of Mexico on 29th August 2005. Katrina had two major impacts was that 80% of New Orleans was flooded and leaving 100,000 people without food and water
8) The low lying geographical feature of New Orleans compounded the effects of Hurrican Katrina
9) The criticisms of the response to Hurricane Katrina were very slow, it took days for the FEMA to set up evacuation plans and sent in food and water
10) The NDO responded quite well to cyclone tracy, there was an immediate evacuation of the area and they restored basic services to Darwin, on the other hand the FEMA responded quite poorly to Hurricane Katrina
2.7 Questions
1) 20th March 2006 eye of cyclone crossed the coast near Innisfail.
2) The communities closest to the eye experienced fierce flooding as well as destructive power
3) Public infrastructure are trains, road and air transport, due to the destruction of the
Infrastructure it was hard to transport good into the affected areas
4) 350 million dollars
5) There was an estimated 300 million dollars’ worth of crop lost in it the affected areas, 4000 jobs were gone.
6) Emergency Management Australia and the SES prepare brochures to help people prepare for natural disasters.
7) ADF, government departments and charity and local community groups
8) The above groups assisted with personnel and financial assistance to local residents, business owners and farmers
9) Major General Peter Cosgrove to lead the overall response to Cyclone Larry
10) Flooding was also caused when Cyclone Larry went in land
11) The supply of bananas to capital cities would of fallen and the price of bananas would of wet up dramatically
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