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Tropical Cyclones (Formation (the conditions that need to be present…
Tropical Cyclones
Formation
they are intense, low pressure weather systems
they begin with an area of low pressure, resulting from surface heating, into which warm air is drawn in a spiraling manner
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What are their impacts?
Winds exceeding 150km per hour which causes structural damage and the collapse of buildings, damage to bridges dams and loss of agricultural land
Heavy rainfall over 100mm a day which causes flooding and sometimes landslides . High Relief may exaggerate rainfall casing them to exceed 500mm
storm surges result from the pilling up of water by wind driven waves and the ocean rising up under reduced atmospheric pressure
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