- Fact 2 - The term 'cyclones'
includes the hurricane, typhoon, and tropical storms. Not to be
confused with
Tornadoes
- Fact 3 - It should not be applied
to the moderate disturbances attending ordinary areas of low
pressure nor to tornadoes, waterspouts, or ``twisters,'' in
which the vertical motion is more important than the horizontal.
- Fact 4 - The main Parts of cyclones
are the eye, the eye wall and cloud chains
- Fact 5 - The eye is in the centre
of the cyclone and can vary in size, from 10 kilometres to 100
kilometres, depending on the severity of the storm.
- Fact 6 - The region around the eye
is termed as eye wall where wind will rotate around the eye at a
faster pace resulting in the appearance of a rolling over snake.
- Fact 7 - Clouds which come out side
from cyclone are called cloud chains which make the cyclone
bigger
- Fact 8 - Depending on its location
and strength, a tropical cyclones are referred to by names such
as hurricanes, typhoons, tropical storms, cyclonic storms,
tropical depressions or simply just cyclones.
- Fact 9 - Cyclone intensity is
measured by wind speed, and cyclones are accorded a category
based on these factors. The category of the intensity of
cyclones is as follows:
- Category 1 - gales with gusts to
125 km/h
- Category 2 - destructive winds with
gusts of 125 -170 km/h
- Category 3 - very destructive winds
with gusts of 170 - 225 km/h
- Category 4 - very destructive winds
with gusts of 225 - 280 km/h
- Category 5 - very destructive winds
with gusts exceeding 280 km/h
- Fact 10 - The average life of most
cyclones is 1 week
- Fact 11 - Cyclones are assigned
names
- Fact 12 - Names are
given to meet the the need for a unique identifier in issuing
forecasts and warnings
- Fact 13 - During the last two
hundred years tropical cyclones have been responsible for the
deaths of about 1.9 million persons worldwide
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