Hydrometeorological Hazards

A flash flood is ____?_____

• caused by a heavy rain

• occurs only in urban areas

• an upward vertical motion

• a strong vertical wind shear

The increase in the risk of flooding in the future may be due to ___?___

• climate change

• rapid urbanization

• uncontrolled population growth

• all of the above

Which of the following is not a hydrometeorological hazard?

• drought

• tornado

• landslide

• thunderstorm

It is associated with having no rain, dried up fields and low water level dams.

• El Niño

• La Niña

• Forest Fire

• Tornado

The onset of precipitation is the beginning of which stage in the formation of a thunderstorm?

• cumulus

• dissipating

• mature

• tornadic

A localized windstorm characterized by a visible funnel-shaped, rapidly whirling cloud extending downward from the base of a dark cumulonimbus cloud.

• Thunderstorm

• Whirlpool

• Tornado

• Cyclone

The ______________ in a tropical storm where the the wind is calm and there is no rain

• eye

• eye wall

Phenomenon that is associated with heavy rainfalls.

• El Niño

• La NIña

It is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain or squalls.

• Tropical cyclone

• Tropical Rainforest

• Tropic Thunder

• Tropicana

Which of the following phenomenon is described as an abnormal rise in the sea level when there is a strong cyclone?

• Storm surge

• Flooding

• Thunderstorm

• Tsunami