"weaknens" - 1 õppematerjal

Cyclonic Storms

heavy rains, winds(119 km/h) late summer form over warm seas,27 Inside: strong winds around the eye The strongest winds inside the eyewall  Why do they happen? warm air collides with cold air spin in a counter clockwise direction result a storm surge,strong winds  Steps of a typhoon windy, rainy (several hours) the eye brings calm weather damage to marine, shoreline, inland ecosystems weaknens, needs warm water  The biggest `Tip' Oct 4th, 1979 Highest 260 km/h Damage 99 fatalities Guam, Japan  Interesting facts Typhoon from Chinese(tai fung, great wind) China's rain(typhoons) 2 weeks  References http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/01027/cyclones.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_typhoon http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digitaltyphoon/help/world.html.en#typ