❓Questions:
1. Why is Typhoon Yolanda not categorized as a hurricane? Explain your answer
2. Typhoon Yolanda reportedly created storm surges in many places. What is a storm surge?
3. How do you classify typhoon Yolanda, in terms of wind speed?
4. What makes typhoons easily predictable?
✏️ ANSWER:
- 1.The only difference between a hurricane and a typhoon is the location where the storm occurs.Once a tropical cyclone reaches maximum sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or higher, it is then classified as a hurricane, typhoon, or tropical cyclone, depending upon where the storm originates in the world.
- 2.A storm surge is a rise in sea level that occurs during tropical cyclones, intense storms also known as typhoons or hurricanes. The storms produce strong winds that push the water into shore, which can lead to flooding. This makes storm surges very dangerous for coastal regions.They form over warm, tropical oceans.
- 3.The JTWC's unofficial estimate of one-minute sustained winds of 305 km/h (190 mph) would, by that measure, make Haiyan the most powerful storm ever recorded to strike land. This record was later broken by Typhoon Goni in 2020.
- 4.A storm surge is a rise in sea level that occurs during tropical cyclones, intense storms also known as typhoons or hurricanes.Typhoons have become predictable because of the improvement in meteorological forecasts.
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