For cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere, winds blow counterclockwise and inward. Thus causes Earth’s surface winds to move into the center of the cyclone as air rises. The are going through the expansional cooling process and with that, the relative humidity will increase causing stormy weather to occur in that environment. Critical Thinking 7.
Clockwise winds around the low pressure system blow the moist air over land. The relatively warm moist air meets the cold air coming down from Canada. The low increases the surrounding pressure differences which causes very different air masses to collide at faster speed. When the difference in temperature of air masses is large, so is the storms instability, turbulence and
Source 3, tell us information about how New Farm was flooded during the 2011 Queensland Floods. Source 3 shows that New Farm is peninsular like, adjacent to the Brisbane River. The topography of New Farm is a low-lying and flat. With these characteristics, the Brisbane River caused lots of damage. New Farm was flooded in these areas which where close to the Brisbane river, including the Brisbane Powerhouse and New Farm Park.
In the town of Johnstown they had steal industries that were booming, and it gave steady paychecks to the workers who worked really hard and long shifts of 12 hours long 6 days a week. Since the town was in a valley with hills surrounding it, it didn't have much of a chance if a flood ever occurred. But the people of Johnstown had no idea of the risk they were at. There was a man made lake that was held by a dam that was made of earth but it was so poorly built that it sagged in the middle and leaked, and it was not easy to release water if it ever became too full. In late May of 1889 came clouds of rain as it rained it filled up the reservoir.
It had so much damage that there were 300 people who died from the disaster. The water covered 17 million acres causing 236 million dollars’ worth of damage. It was a strong flood, “it was like facing an angry dark ocean. The wind was fierce enough that that day it tore away roofs, smashed windows, and blew down the smokestack- 130 feet high and 54 inches in diameter- at the giant A.G Wineman & Sons lumber mill”
The Scheme collects and stores the water that would normally flow east to the coast and diverts it through trans-mountain tunnels and power stations. The water is then released into the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers for irrigation. Seventy per cent of all the workers were migrants. They came to Australia to work on the project, attracted by the relatively high wages.
Links to an external site. . More than 23,000 square miles (60,000 square km) of land was submerged, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, and around 250 people died. However, after several months of heavy rain caused the Mississippi River to swell to unprecedented levels, the first levee (Links to an external site.)
The story of Vasquez Rock Natural Park located in Agua Dulce, California began in 1874 when Tiburcio Vasquez a Californian bandit used the rocks to escape being capture by law enforcements. Due to the impact that Tiburcio created in the nearby communities the park was name after him. By 1970 the Los Angeles County Government acquired the rights to the park, but it was not until 1972 that the park was added to the National Registry of Historic Places. At the begging of its creation the park was populated by its first habitants the Tataviam Indians until the intrusion of the Spaniards. The Spaniards ruled the park and ruled the Indians until their death.
Meteorologists are saying that La Nina could be just around the corner. El Nino is weakening, but has been said to stay for just a few more months. After those couple months then we could possibly see the flip side of El Nino. “...it often means dry weather for the U.S. southwest and parts of California which haven’t quite recovered from a four-year drought” (Seth Borenstein, AP science writer, El Nino Weakens, Here Comes La Nina, Meteorologists Say). La Nina tends to also make the number of storms increase in the west.
There are several things that can result in floods. Rain, obviously, but believe it or not, droughts can, too. A drought is a long period of dry weather, especially one injurious to crops. Droughts can result in floods because during prolonged spells, especially, they will deplete the ground’s source of water, leaving the top layer extraordinarily dry. Then, when it rains, that top layer acts as a natural barrier, preventing the water from soaking in.
The upper Wisconsin River was dammed around 20,000 years ago when the western part of the Green Bay Lobe advanced into the Baraboo Hills (which was discussed earlier in reference to Devil’s Lake State Park). This natural dam formed the glacial Lake Wisconsin, which at its largest point was about the size of present-day Great Salt Lake. When the temperatures rose again, the
A Hero for the Ages. Philip Zimbardo, a psychologist and a professor at Stanford University once said, “To be a hero is when you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice. Heroes always take risks. Heroes always are deviant. Heroes always do something that most people don’t.”
Second reason that cause hurricane is the global warming, you might didn 't know that the climate change can lead to the storm and another natural disaster. According to a research of George Tselioudis, a research scientist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and Columbia University, global warming will increase and also decrease the temperature such as in the equator a temperature is hot and dry. On the other hand, temp in the pole
When it rains, the water will flow from the hills to the lower area and then stagnant. Eventually the water will increase and flash floods will occur. 2.8.3 River Erosion River
