CYCLONE/HURRICANE/TYPHOON/WILLY WILLY

              Phani Siddha

@ Super Sixty IAS Academy

                   Hyd 

QUESTION

Hello Sir,

With hurricane Sandy approaching catastrophe status, what important articles would you recommend regarding the same? Similar situations in India? Hoping for a blog entry at your end around the same :) 

-- S.V, Hyd --

Answer; 

CYCLONE; GENESIS; EFFECTS; MITIGATION/EVACUATION MEASURES; CATEGORIES AND ASSOCIATED WIND SPEEDS; NAMING CONVENTION;

can be learnt about cyclones; compare and contrast Tropical and Temperate

Cyclones can be additionaly read..

In the recent mains a general studies question was asked on how you would react and treat a person affected by sunstroke?

similarly a probable question would be how administration can gear up and direct the citizens to evacuate and what mitigation/rescue measures can be taken up?

QUESTION

Hello Sir,

What is a post tropical cyclone? 

What are the reasons for Sandy storm in America and Neelam In Bay of Bengal?

-SriRama Chakradhar- 

ANSWER

Dear Chakri,

Usually Cyclones are circular wind/water movements due
to the high temp causing low pressure into which winds ferociously
move... causing whirl/gyres..

they are tropical phenomenon as high temp is in -gen in tropics not
temperate latitudes...

wen it crosses tropics 23 and 1/2 degrees lats we say post tropical..