Hurricane Ivan

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Hurricane Ivan

• Mid September 2004

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What is a Hurricane?Hurricanes are born over
very warm oceans. They can occur at any tome of
year although they usually happen from May to
December. They begin as areas of heavy showers
where warm, moist air rises and cools to form
rain clouds thousands of metres high. As this
air rises, an area of low pressure develops. The
clouds start to spin around the low pressure and
suck up moisture. The centre of the storm
called the eye is an area of descending air.
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Hurricane facts
Hurricanes usually only last about one week but
sometimes the storms grow over 800km across and
can last for up to 3 weeks. When hurricanes
drift over land or away from the Equator they
begin to die this is because they need a warm
ocean power source to feed them warm, humid air.
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Hurricane facts
Where do Hurricanes happen? Hurricanes develop
over the sun-warmed tropical waters of the
oceans. They generally are carried up away from
the Equator.
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• What are the effects?
• Hurricanes destroy lives and property in 3 main
  ways
• Wind speeds of over 150mph uproot trees, flatten
  crops and houses, turn over cars and batter
  shipping
• Very low air pressure and high winds causes a
  storm surge which when it hits land can cause
  flooding
• Very heavy rain adds to flooding and crop damage

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Damage caused by Hurricane Ivan
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Forecasting a Hurricane
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Peter Jenkins From Bob Parker
big_bob_at_yahoo.com To Peter Jenkins
Jenkys_at_hotmail.com Sent 12th September 2004
2124 Subject Hurricane Ivan! St John's
Port Jamaica   12th September 2004   Dear
Peter,   At last I've found some time to write
to you.   We struggled through the stormy seas
and gales to get here last Friday.  If that was
the tail end of Hurricane Ivan, I'm glad we did
not have to face its full fury!!!!   The scene
in St John's is terrible.  There wasn't a
building with a roof on!  People were wandering
about in shock.  Even the hospital was damaged by
the 150mph winds.  There was no electricity, no
drinking water and no phones - all the poles have
been blown down!  Over 60,000 people are thought
to have lost their homes and over 4,000 people
were injured.  We know of 27 people who are dead,
but we expect the total to be higher.  The damage
is like that of a nuclear explosion.    The
people here are stunned, most have lost their
homes.  Their jobs are threatened as nearly all
of the nutmeg and banana crop has been
destroyed.  Today we've heard that another
hurricane is on the way.  Hopefully  we can fix
the roofs before the rains hit.    Best wishes
and see you soon, hopefully!    Bob