Weather Disturbances

Typhoon/Hurricane
Tropical Cyclones
Tornado
Tsunami
 Typhoon/Hurricane
Tropical Cyclones
Tornado
- A large heat engine,
where great amounts
of heat are being
produced from the
process of latent
heat of condensation.
 - Both are names
of tropical
storms and
most of their
characteristics
are the same.
They have

- wind speeds that are more than 74 mph,

and are accompanied by hail, strong
winds, storm surges and rain.
 Hurricanes damage Typhoons are said
more land areas than to be stronger
Typhoons, which than Hurricanes
cause damage to
because it
countries coastlines.
develops where
Hurricanes move both
water is warm.
clockwise and counter
clockwise. Typhoons move
clockwise.

 Pre-existing disturbance
Warm ocean water
Low atmospheric stability
Sufficient Coriolis force
Low vertical wind shear
Upper atmosphere divergence
 Water temperaturesof at least26.5
C(79.7F)
Rapid cooling with height
High humidity
Low amounts ofwind shear
A need to form more than 555km
(345mi) or 5degrees oflatitudeaway
from theequator
pre-existing system of disturbed
weather
 Around 19 tropical cyclones or storms
ThePhilippine Atmospheric,
Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration(PAGASA) releases
tropical cyclone warnings in the form
of Public Storm Warning Signals.
- Torrential rain that can cause
flooding
- Extremely strong winds that carry
debris that can be lethal
- Damage buildings and property
- Destroy crops
- Capsize boats at sea
- Deaths due to drowning
- Infrastructure destroyed
Los Baos, Laguna Aug 14, 2008
Mactan, Cebu- August 8, 2008
Sultan Kudarat June 12, 2008
Lingayen, Pangasinan June 5, 2008
Southern Leyte May 21, 2008
 Land encourages the Cyclones develop
development of a and faster over the
tornado, while it oceans.
destroys the The cyclone has a
cyclones formation. longer life span.
The time frame from The time frame
the birth of a tornado from the birth to
until it dies out, is the death of a
generally measured cyclone, is
in minutes. measured in hours
and days.
 loss of
Life
Property
Damage
Effects on
Nature
 Tsunami are ocean
waves, that can reach
the height of 100 feet,
and crash onto land.
Japanese word that
means harbor wave.
80% of all tsunamis
take place in the Ring
of Fire in the Pacific
Ocean.
 Tsunamis are formed as a result of powerful under water
earthquakes, volcanic eruption, or a landslide
Some parts of the Ocean experience frequent earthquakes
because of the movement of the continental plates.
 In deep open sea,
tsunamis move at a
speed of 600 mph
or more.
When tsunami
arrives at the shore,
it usually decreases
its speed to about
45 mph/hour.
 August 16, 1976
Cotabato Trench
Maximum height
of 4.5 meters
(14-15 feet)

http://www.drgeorgepc.com
 15 November 1994
Earthquake with magnitude of
7.1
Baco, Mindoro

http://www.drgeorgepc.com
 Tsunami may affect
people mentally,
emotionally, and
financially.
People are left
homeless and careless
due to the flooding
and other
destructions.
Lost of lives
 Destroy the crops and flood the city.
A tsunami can cause plenty of damage
by crushing buildings, sweeping people
of their feet, and dirtying the pipes,
consequently spreading disease.
 References:
http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/
http://www.weather.unisys.com/
http://www.differencebetween.net/s
cience/nature/difference-between-
hurricane-and-typhoon/