The hurricane
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- The formation of a Hurricane:
A hurricane is a really strong tropical depression and his power can be 10 times stronger than the nuclear bomb in 1945.
Hurricanes need special conditions to be formed:
- Upside an ocean that is hotter than 25 degrees on 50 meter deep.
- A high humidity
A hurricane doesn’t born directly hurricane of level 5, it evolve. It begins with the evaporation of the air from the hot water, the hot air rise creates a reduction of the pressure, and the phenomenon of the condensation also appears that creates clouds. The reduction of the pressure and the cloud make a storm.
- What are the risks?
Hurricane surge:
The powerful spiral wind action raises the ocean’s water level and they are the mains causes of the floods they bring.
Floods:
Hurricanes carry a lot of rains even after the end of the hurricanes. This can cause a lot of floods like the hurricanes surge. The floods carry away everything on his way.
Winds:
Many structures are blown away by very powerful winds.
Economic impact:
There is also an impact on the economic because the government need to repair the consequences caused by this natural phenomenon because people’s livelihoods are wiped away.
- How to prevent:
Follow the arrival of the hurricanes:
- with geostationary or polar satellite
- with aircraft specialize in the hurricane track
- with weather balloon which have a probe to take measure, to complete information from the others ways
Treat the information:
All this information is handled by specialists of hurricanes:
-strength
-airspeed
-longevity
-trajectory
Thanks that, they prevent the trajectory, the strength, the air speed and his longevity of this hurricane.
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