SCIENCE 8 - ALARMING TYPHOONS

Tropical Cyclone

an area of low pressuree

Tropical Cyclone

forms on warm oceans and weakens when hit land

Tropical Cyclone

heavy rains, large ocean waves, and violent winds

Eye

20-50 km in diameter

Eye

center of the storm

Eye

clear skies and light winds

Eye

lowest pressure area

Eye

very low wind speed

Eyewall

encloses the eye

Eyewall

most dangerous part of the cyclone

Eyewall

strongest winds and heaviest winds

Rainbands

carry huge amount of rainwater

Rainbands

responsible for the overall intensification of the cyclone

Typhoon Yolanda

also known as Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Yolanda

one of the strongest typhoons and had gusts of wind as strong as 315 kph

Typhoon Betty

also known as Typhoon Mawar

Typhoon Betty

one of the strongest Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclones on record in the month of May

Typhoon Betty

tied with Typhoon Bolaven as the strongest tropical cyclone worldwide

Typhoon

what the Northwest Pacific calls a tropical cyclone

Hurricane

what the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific Ocean calls a tropical cyclone

Cyclone

what the South Pacific and Indian Ocean calls a tropical cyclone

Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

the place where winds in the tropics meet or converge

Coriolis Effect

air shifts due to the Earth’s rotation; air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and left in the Southern Hemisphere