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A community portal about Tropical cyclones with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A tropical cyclone is a storm system fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and the water vapor in it condenses. The term... [more]
A community portal about Tropical cyclones with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: A tropical cyclone is a storm system fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and the water vapor in it condenses. The term describes the storm's origin in the tropics and its cyclonic nature, which means that its circulation is counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Tropical cyclones are distinguished from other cyclonic windstorms such as nor'easters, European windstorms, and polar lows by the heat mechanism that fuels them, which makes them "warm core" storm systems. Depending on their location and strength, there are various terms by which tropical cyclones are known, such as hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, and tropical depression.
This is a pdf document from ScienceMag. It discusses global warming and how it may effect tropical cylcones and hurricanes in the future.
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This is a pdf document. Emanuel Kerry discusses the probability of global warming effecting the number and intesity of hurricanes.
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Redoy Hassan Hazard is the broadest term and reflects a potential threat to humans as well as the impact of an event on society and the environment.
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A: They are three different names for the same type of storm, collectively known as “tropical cyclones.” What they’re called depends on where they form. Hurricanes form in the Atlantic Ocean (which includes the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico) and...
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By Rasmus Benestad & Michael Mann
Just as Typhoon Nargis has reminded us of the destructive power of tropical cyclones (with its horrible death toll in Burma--around 100,000 according to the UN), a new paper by Knutson et al in the latest issue of the journal Nature Geosciences purports ...
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New research from NASA has concluded that tropical cyclones like Gaston produce rain differently than another class of storms called "extra-tropical" cyclones.
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Newly increased thunderstorm activity off the coast of Florida has medium potential for tropical cyclone formation, according to the National Weather Service.
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ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
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George Clooney and Brad Pitt have launched a major advertising campaign in a bid to help victims of Tropical Cyclone Nargis in Southeast Asia.
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Burmese authorities are still preventing crucial relief supplies from getting to victims of Tropical Cyclone Nargis, which tore through the Irawaddy delta more than a month ago, according to healthcare workers ...
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AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) announced the availability of the AIR tropical cyclone model for Mexico. The new probabilistic model will reportedly help the industry better manage hurricane and tropical cyclone risk in the growing Latin American insurance market. The unique feature of the AIR tropical cyclone model for Mexico is that it estimates insured losses from wind and flood to buildings, contents, and business interruption. On average, Mexico experiences almost two...
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