EARTHSC 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: 6 Years, Landfall
6 May 2016
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Tropical cyclone: storm system of low-pressure surrounded by strong rotating winds (more than. 200 km/h), with torrential rains, thunderstorms, tornadoes, high surge of seawater: hurricanes: north atlantic and eastern pacific. The word hurricane is derived from the aboriginal carib word hunraken (cid:894)(cid:862)the god of e(cid:448)il(cid:863)(cid:895) a(cid:374)d brought to the west by spanish sailors. Formal scientific definition: a tropical cyclone with 1-min average winds at 10 m altitude in excess of 32 m/s (64 knots or 74 mph) occurring over the north atlantic or eastern north pacific. 2011 - arlene, bret, cindy, don, emily, franklin, gert, harvey, irene, jose, katia, lee, maria, nate, 2012 - alberto, beryl, chris, debby, ernesto, florence, gordon, helene, isaac, joyce, kirk, leslie, Michael, nadine, oscar, patty, rafael, sandy, tony, valerie, william. 2013 - andrea, barry, chantal, dorian, erin, fernand, gabrielle, humberto, ingrid, jerry, karen, Lorenzo, melissa, nestor, olga, pablo, rebekah, sebastien, tanya, van, wendy.
