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Extreme Weather trial

Severe weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes can cause significant damage and pose considerable risks to affected areas. These natural occurrences are categorized by scales that help in assessing their intensity and potential impact.

Extreme Weather trial

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What do you know about extreme weather?


Learn more about hurricanes and tornadoes, the areas of the world they affect, how they are formed and when, and what you can do to survive such an extreme storm.

Tornadoes

Tornadoes that have been known throughout history


Name a tornado of a sort. [[Media|Add a matching photo]]

Where did it occur?


Type in the name of the area that was affected.

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Emergency procedures
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Research on the emergency procedures and safety tips that can keep you safe before, during and after a hurricane. Type in several of them.

Safety tips after the tornado


List several safety tips that will help you cope with the situation after the tornado has left your area.

Emergency procedures during the tornado


List several emergency procedures and safety tips that will keep you safe during a tornado.

Emergency procedures before the tornado hits


List several emergency procedures and safety tips that will prepare you for a tornado.

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How do tornadoes form?


Type in a short explanation of how the hurricanes are formed.

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Tornado Intensity Rating System


The classification system for tornadoes is called The Fujita Scale (or F scale), and it's a F0 to F6 categorization of the tornado's intensity. Each category expresses the intensity in miles per hour. Example: category F0 (40–72 mph; includes damages to trees, chimneys, and billboards). Type in the other 5 categories.

Tornado Season


What time of the year do the tornadoes occur? Tornadoes can occur almost all over the world, but US's unique geography makes it the ideal place for their development.
Type in the tornado seasons in the United States, taking into account the Southeast and Northern Plains regions.

Areas of the world most affected by tornadoes


Which are the areas of the world hit most frequently or severely by tornadoes? Type them in.

KansasMissouriNebraskaIowaAlabamaNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaVirginiaAppalachian MountainsRocky MountainsColoradoBirmingham, UKWest Sussex, UKLancashire, UKBangladeshCanada
Definition

What are 'tornadoes'?
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Tornadoes are local storms of short duration (this ranges between 5 and 10 minutes) formed of winds that rotate at very high speeds, usually in a counter-clockwise direction.
A tornado's characteristics:








A hurricane's forming elements:

Hurricanes

Examples
Example

Hurricanes that have been known throughout history


Name a hurricane of a sort. [[Media|Add a matching photo]]

Damages

Damage

What were the damages caused by it?


Type in several examples.

Where

Where did it hit?


Type in the name of the area that was affected.

When

When did it took place?


Type in the answer.

Emergency procedures

Emergency procedures
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Research on the emergency procedures and safety tips that can keep you safe before, during and after a hurricane.

After

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Safety tips after the hurricane


List several safety tips that will help you cope with the situation after the hurricane has left your area.

make emergency kitfamily emergency planbuild a safe roomsecure propertyflood insuranceensure supply of waterfill bathtub with waterfood suppliesevacuate buildingstay indoors, away from windows and glass doorslie on the floor under the tableavoid elevatorslisted to the news for the latest updatesinspect your home for damage and take pictures of any damageuse battery-powered flash lights instead of candleskeep pets under your direct controlnever use a generator inside homes or other enclosed ares
During

Emergency procedures during the hurricane


List several emergency procedures and safety tips that will keep you safe during a hurricane.

make emergency kitfamily emergency planbuild a safe roomsecure propertyflood insuranceensure supply of waterfill bathtub with waterfood suppliesevacuate buildingstay indoors, away from windows and glass doorslie on the floor under the tableavoid elevatorslisted to the news for the latest updatesinspect your home for damage and take pictures of any damageuse battery-powered flash lights instead of candleskeep pets under your direct controlnever use a generator inside homes or other enclosed ares
Before

Procedure

Emergency procedures before the hurricane hits


List several emergency procedures and safety tips that will prepare you for a hurricane.

make emergency kitfamily emergency planbuild a safe roomsecure propertyflood insuranceensure supply of waterfill bathtub with waterfood suppliesevacuate buildingstay indoors, away from windows and glass doorslie on the floor under the tableavoid elevatorslisted to the news for the latest updatesinspect your home for damage and take pictures of any damageuse battery-powered flash lights instead of candleskeep pets under your direct controlnever use a generator inside homes or other enclosed ares
Formation

How do hurricanes form?


Type in a short explanation of how the hurricanes are formed.

Scale
Category

Hurricane Intensity Rating System


The classification system for hurricanes is called The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, and it's a 1 to 5 categorization of the hurricane's intensity at the indicated time. Each category expresses the intensity in miles per hour. Example: category 1 (74-95 mph). Type in the other 4 categories.

Hurricane seasons
Season

Hurricane Season


What time of the year do the hurricanes occur? Type in the two official seasons from the Atlantic and North Pacific.

Areas of the world
Area

Areas of the world most affected by hurricanes


Which are the areas of the world hit most frequently or severely by hurricanes? Type them in.

Tampa Bay, FloridaGrand CaymanAbaco IslandSable Island, Nova ScotiaSavannah, GeorgiaHollywood, FloridaIsle of Youth, CubaBimini, BahamasLong Island, BahamasNew Orleans, LouisianaGeorgetown, South CarolinaMobile, AlabamaNorfolk, Virginia
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What are 'hurricanes'?
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Hurricanes are the most violent, swirling storms on Earth, with winds that can go up to 259 kilometers per hour.
A hurricane's forming elements: