Hydrometeorological Hazards

What is the difference between a typhoon, a hurricane and a cyclone?

• Typhoon, hurricane and cyclone are storms which are of different intensities.

• Typhoons are tidal waves, hurricanes spin clockwise and cyclones spin counter clockwise.

• Typhoons are found near the equator, hurricanes are found in the midlatitudes and typhoons in the Arctic and Antarctic.

• All describe storms, the name used in the Western Pacific , North America and near the Indian Ocean, respectively

A flash flood is ____?_____

• caused by a heavy rain

• occurs only in urban areas

• an upward vertical motion

• a strong vertical wind shear

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

A process or phenomenon of atmospheric, hydrological and oceanographic nature that may cause life of life, injury , property damage.

• hydrometeorological hazard

• geological hazard

• fire hazard

• elecctric hazard

What does ENSO stand for?

Which of the following is the correct response when PAGASA announces a RED RAINFALL WARNING?

• Stay indoors

• Evacuate

• Be alert for possible evacuation

• Monitor weather conditon

In the Philippines, it is associated with having less to no rain, dried up fields and dams having low water levels most especially during the dry season.

• El Niño

• La Niña

• Forest Fire

• Tornado

Waves do not transport matter. Hence, they transport __________.

• Current

• Energy

• Electricity

• Density

It is a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region. Monsoons cause wet and dry seasons throughout much of the tropics. Monsoons are most often associated with the Indian Ocean.

• cyclone

• hurricane

• tornado

• monsoon

What makes Philippines vulnerable to hydrometeorological hazards?

• The country’s archipelagic form

• The country’s geographical location

• The country is overpopulated

• The country's topography