Reducing risks from effects of tropical storms
I can understand how monitoring, prediction, protection and planning can reduce the effects of tropical storms.
Reducing risks from effects of tropical storms
I can understand how monitoring, prediction, protection and planning can reduce the effects of tropical storms.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Monitoring, for example using satellite technology, can reduce the effects of tropical storms.
- Prediction, for example using weather forecasting, can reduce the effects of tropical storms.
- Protection and planning, for example evacuation strategies, can reduce the effects of tropical storms.
Keywords
Forecast - use of technology to predict the likelihood of a tropical storm, including its path, intensity and speed
Meteorologist - person who studies the causes of weather conditions using information from land, sea and the atmosphere, and creates forecasts
Monitoring - the continuous observation and recording of atmospheric conditions to detect changes
Mitigate - taking actions to reduce the effects of a tropical storm
Common misconception
Tropical storms cannot be accurately predicted.
While it is challenging, advances in technology and meteorology have improved the accuracy of tropical storm predictions.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
North Atlantic region
East Pacific region
Indian Ocean region
Exit quiz
4 Questions
the continuous observation and recording of atmospheric conditions to
use of technology to predict the likelihood of a tropical storm
taking actions to reduce the effects of a tropical storm