Description
In this writing assignment, you need to write a comprehensive story about a weather event or climate issue occurring anywhere around the world. This story must not be the one you wrote in the first paper. Again, you can choose a local weather event, event relating to seasonal or cyclical processes near and far, or distant catastrophic event such as a typhoon. Your writing must be in a form of an essay satisfying the standards of formal college writing. Refer to the syllabus for more details. Each reflection paper should contain 400-600 words of text, which is equivalent to about 1.5 to 2 pages, double-spaced, with one-inch margins.
In your writing, you must address the following questions.
1. What is the type and name/title of the selected weather event or climate issue?
2. Where does it happen?
3. When does it happen?
4. Why do you want to talk about it?
5. How does it happen?
6. How does it affect human beings and vice versa?
Explanation & Answer
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Running head: TROPICAL CYCLONES
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Tropical Cyclones
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TROPICAL CYCLONES
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Tropical Cyclones
A cyclone in meteorology refers to a low-pressure area experiencing winds spiraling
inwards (Camargo & Wing, 2016). Typically, tropical cyclones are characterized by strong and
destructive gales of winds causing extensive damage to property and the environment. The
resultant debris may pose a danger as it becomes airborne. Strong winds may give rise to large
ocean waves reaching heights of over 15 meters which are a danger to shipping vessels. Waves
measuring 2 to 5 meters above the normal sea level can result in extensive flooding as well as
damaging coastal areas and deaths by drowning. The cyclones may also cause heavy rains as
they pick million tons of moisture daily which is then released as downpours. The damage
caused can affect inland areas from where they may have made a landfall due to flooding
(Camargo & Wing, 2016). Sometimes, cyclones can spawn tornadoes when they hit the coastal
lands causing severe wind damages.
Such tropical cyclones happen mostly along regions of the confluence of southeast and
northeast trade winds; Western Mexico, southwestern Pacific Ocean, South Pacif...
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