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Tropical storm revision - Coggle Diagram
Tropical storm revision
How tropical storms form and move?
They need a cluster of thunderstorms
The earths rotation
They form in sea temperatures of above 26 degrees
They need a light wind shears to move the hurricane
They are formed between 6 to 20 degrees latitude
Tropical storm characteristics like wind speed, storm surges
Storm surges can reach over 9 feet
If the wind spped reaches 55mph then this is a category 1 hurricane
If the wind speed is 39mph it is classified as a tropical storm
Winds can reach up to 155 mph
The primary and secondary impacts of hurricane Irma 2017
The hospital has been damaged
Peoples homes have been severely damaged
120 prisoners on the british virgin islands escaped
People were injured or killed
Flash floods
Looting was happening
Why they reduce in strength when they travel over land
As they need warm water to fuel it
Responses to Irma - what happened immediately and in the longer term
Long term: It will take over a year to rebuild
British aid got sent out by the RAF
Police got sent to the british virgin island
Restore power for 5.7 million homes