Understanding Hurricanes and Their Impact
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Subject: Sustainable Development
Teacher: Chanes Martini Michelle
Alumno: Contreras Aguilar Samuel
Group: YC
What is it?
Hurricanes are dangerous and destructive.
Also known as cyclones or typhoons in
in other parts of the world, hurricanes cause
strong winds, flooding, rain
torrential rains and huge waves.
How do they originate?
Hurricanes form due to the accumulation of storms
electric vehicles that move over the ocean waters
warm, but they do not move in the same way. For them to
a hurricane forms when warm, moist air is needed like
flammable. According to information from NASA, the
the first necessary condition for it to take place
formation is that the ocean waters exceed 26°C, for
From that temperature, evaporation occurs.
significant.
Categories
Hurricanes are measured on the Saffir-Simpson scale that
they classify them according to the intensity of the wind.
Category I Hurricane - 118 - 153 Km/h - Highly destructive.
Category II Hurricane - 154 - 177 km/h - Highly destructive.
Category III Hurricane - 178 - 209 Km/h - Extremely
Destructive.
Category IV Hurricane - 210 - 249 km/h - Extremely
Destructive.
Category V Hurricane - 249 + Km/h - Exaggerately Destructive.
Hurricanes in Morelos
As we know, hurricanes primarily affect the
country costs therefore in Morelos the impacts
they are minors.
Hurricane Rick October 23, 2021
flooding caused by intense rains,
product of the arrival of hurricane 'RICK' to the territory
national on the Pacific coast, affecting in the
the Morelos area only to the town of Tepoztlán.
Hurricanes in Mexico
The main hurricanes that affected Mexico are:
Hurricane Patricia
The Conagua considered it as 'the most intense hurricane in recent years'
50 years" of which there is a record in the Pacific Ocean and in the
Atlantic. It was classified as category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
Its winds reached a maximum intensity of 342 km/h.
Hurricane Liza
On September 30, 1976, this hurricane reached category 4.
before hitting Mexico hard, the most affected states
they were the Baja California Peninsula and Sonora and according to the
data, left around 630 dead and 10 thousand affected,
material damages of almost 3 million pesos.
International Hurricanes
Hurricane Irma in 2017
Irma developed on August 30 near the Cape Verde islands at
starting from a tropical wave, rapidly intensifying after its
Formation. On September 4, it became a Category 5 hurricane.
with winds that have reached 300 kilometers per hour (winds
sustained). It is already considered the strongest hurricane of the
season. It has been baptized as the 'hurricane of the century'.
Hurricane Mitch in 1998
It took place from October 22 to November 5, 1998, and caused to
less than 18,000 victims, among the dead and missing, as well as
millions of victims and colossal material damage amounting to
billions of dollars. Its winds reached gusts of up to
285 km/h.