Hydrometeorological Hazards and Disasters
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• process or phenomenon of atmospheric, hydrological or oceanographic nature that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic disruption, or govenrnmental damage
Hydrometeorological Hazards
Hydrometeorological Hazards:
• The El Niño and the La Niña Phenomena • Tropical Cyclone • Floods • Storm Surge • Thunderstorm • Tornado • Drought
type of hydrometeorological hazard that is: - no rain - dried up
El Niño
El Niño means?
The Little Boy or Christ Child in Spanish
El Niño was originally recognized by?
fishermen
Where was El Niño originally recognized?
Coast of South America year 1600s
The term El Niño refers to the?
large-scale ocean-atmosphere climate interaction
type of hydrometeorological hazard that is associated with heavy rainfall and hazard such as flood
La Niña
La Niña means…
• The Little Girl • El-Viejo, anti El-Niño • a cold event
It is an intense low pressure system
Tropical Cyclone
Tropical Cyclone also called
Typhoon or Hurricane
It refers to both the geographic origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively in tropical regions of the globe
Tropical
• it refers to such storms • cyclonic nature • counter clockwise in Northerm Hemisphere • clockwise in Southern Hemisphere
Cyclone
How many km to diameter has an eye in tropical cyclones have?
10-100 km to diameter
Categories of Tropical Cyclones:
• tropical depression • tropical storm • severe tropical storm • typhoon • super typhoon
tropical depression
winds of up to 61 kph
tropical storm
winds of up to 62 to 88 kph
severe tropical storm
winds of up to 89 to 117 kph
typhoon
winds of up to 118 to 220 kph
typhoon
winds of up to 118 to 220 kph
super typhoon
winds exceeding 220 kph
Automatic Suspension Guidelines:
Signal 1- no classes kindergarten Signal 2 - no classes kinder, elem, highschool Signal 3- no classes kinder, elem, highschool, college
LGU
Local Government Unit
who has the authority to declare local suspensions in areas where there is no storm signal
LGU