Name Location Date Choose one of the following websites and use it to complete the Case Study sheet Cyclone Idai httpswwwinternetgeographynetweatherandclimatecycloneidaicasestudy ID: 1025019
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1. Case Study of a Tropical CycloneName: Location: Date: Choose one of the following websites and use it to complete the Case Study sheet:Cyclone Idai: https://www.internetgeography.net/weather-and-climate/cyclone-idai-case-study/ Typhoon Haiyan https://www.coolgeography.co.uk/gcsen/NH_Typhoon_Haiyan.php Hurricane Irma: https://www.internetgeography.net/topics/hurricane-irma-case-study/ Hurricane Sandy: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z9whg82/revision/5 Hurricane Katrina: https://www.coolgeography.co.uk/A-level/AQA/Year%2013/Weather%20and%20climate/Hurricanes/Hurricane_Katrina.htm A Tropical Cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm which forms over Tropical oceans A hurricane is a Tropical Cyclone which forms in the Atlantic or North-East Pacific The Saffir Simpson Scale is a 1-5 scale based on a hurricane’s maximum wind speedLandfall is the place where the centre of a tropical cyclone first crosses from the ocean to land A hurricane track is the path that the hurricane takes Extreme WeatherWind speed, rainfall, category and storm surge heightCountries AffectedSketch its location and pathPreparationResponseShort term (emergency)Long term (clearing up)Impacts: ImmediateOn people and the environmentImpacts: Long termOn people and the environment