Typhoon Vera
True or False: Typhoon Vera has wind speeds of a Category 2 hurricane
False - Category 5
Where most of the damage came from
What is flooding?
Catastrophic hazards
What are natural hazards that affect large numbers of people or even the whole world?
The country that Typhoon Vera hit
What is Japan?
Hurricane Hazel struck this city the hardest
What is Toronto?
This region in Canada has been the most affected by wildfires
What is Western Canada?
Where typhoons form
What is around Asia (Indian/Western Pacific Ocean)?
These laws were introduced following Hurricane Hazel
What are zoning laws (to restrict development in high-risk areas)?
Disaster mitigation and the two types of mitigation measures
What are attempts to keep hazards from turning into disasters? What are structural and non-structural?
Starts off as thunderstorms that convert moisture into heat. Heat increases airflow to the center of the storm, and this increased heat and air circulation leads to the natural phenomenon
How do typhoons form?
Hurricane Hazel struck in 1951 or 1957
Trick Question; What is 1954!
The process by which heat from Earth’s surface is absorbed by gases in the atmosphere and redirected back to earth
What is the Greenhouse Effect?
The year Typhoon Vera happened
What is 1959?
The communities that were the most affected by Hurricane Hazel
What are river communities in Southern Ontario?
Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary effects (occur because of the disaster itself; occur as a result of a primary effect; long-term effects stemming from the primary effect)
What are the 3 types of natural disaster effects?