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What is a Tropical Low Pressure System? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What are they like? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Birth of a Hurricane ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

So how does a tropical disturbance develop into a full blown cyclone, hurricane or typhoon?

7 Conditions (after Musk 1988) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Temporal Distribution (When?) ,[object Object],[object Object]

Saffir-Simpson Intensity Scale ,[object Object],[object Object]

Why do hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones decay and die? Under what conditions will this take place?

Real Hurricanes Hurricane Mitch (visible) Hurricane Mitch (infrared) Hurricane Georges (radar)

What hazards are associated with tropical low pressure systems

How do humans respond to the hazard? How can the hazard be managed?

Modifying Vulnerability vs. Modifying the Event

Monitoring, Forecasting and Warnings ,[object Object]

Satellite Image Cyclone Sidr, Bay of Bengal. November 2007

Radar Image Radar image of Hurricane Katrina, August 2005

The End Product - Evacuation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Other ways to modify vulnerability ,[object Object],[object Object]

Modifying the Event ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Human Response – Case Studies Bangladesh Katrina

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