The Destructive Cyclones

Cyclones are tropical storms that develop in the Indian and South Pacific Oceans, if this storm develops in the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific Ocean it is called Hurricane, and if it develops in the Western Pacific Ocean or the Philippines it is called typhoon. They are formed when the ocean is at it hottest point, that is around 27 degrees. The gas in the air over the ocean starts to heat, because of this, it begins to rise. Then, a centre of low pressure is developed and sucks air to the centre. Wind starts to increase it speed around the centre at about 150kph in a circular swirl of cloud. All around the cyclone, there are torrential rains from the cumulu-nimbus clouds, while in the centre it is calm and dry. As these cyclones can destruct almost anything depending on their strength, a scale was created to know how destructive a cyclone can be, there are 5 levels. In addition, to identify this storms there is a determined list of human names, one of the most recent and destructive cyclones was Irma. Obviously, these huge storms affect humans. Some of the things they cause are: loss of life, destruction of houses and buildings, make roads and bridges to be interrupted and floods which also contain bacterias transporting diseases. If we want to be prepared for a situation like this we have to: evacuate if necessary, keep a considerable amount of food and water in case you can’t go out for a long time, ge knowledge about how to behave in these conditions and be sure of having radios and full batteries in case that communications services stop working.