1.12 Impacts of Tropical Storms

Question 1

what are Short Term Impacts

Answer 1

Occur immediately and in the days and first couple of weeks after the tropical cyclone

Question 2

what are Long term imapacts

Answer 2

Occur in the months/years after the event.

Question 3

what are Primary Effects?

Answer 3

The effects that are directly caused by the event itself.

Question 4

what are Secondary effects?

Answer 4

the effects that are a cause of the primary effect.

Question 5

formation of a storm surge

Answer 5

sea level is increased by the winds of a tropical cyclone

Question 6

formation of flash flooding and flooding

Answer 6

Torrential rainfall deposits large volumes of water on the land. Man-made and natural drainage systems may be blocked or don’t have the capacity to remove the amount of water that is falling. The volume of water stands on the land as a flood. (2)

Question 7

formation of landslides?

Answer 7

Heavy rainfall saturates the ground so substrate becomes unstable and can slip downhill