Cyclone Yasi by Elyssa https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p The effect it had on the Great Barrier Reef en-us 2017-05-09 01:16:28 UTC 2025-11-01 21:19:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/197340374/d702fe111f54e2b6f0fceca6ed91f0f5/Cyclone_Yasi_2_February_2011_approaching_Queensland.jpg How did Cyclone Yasi occur? elyssac22 https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/170651747 Cyclone Yasi was formed from two things that are needed to make a tropical cyclone: a group of rainclouds over a warm ocean or sea. 

Tropical cyclones are like engines that use warm, moist air as their fuel. The air is like fuel because the warm air is rising, causing an area of high pressure above the warm water and low pressure below the area of high pressure. Air from the high pressure area travels back down to the low pressure above the warm body of water, which then starts the cycle again. As the warm, moist air cools down, the water starts to form clouds. All of the clouds start to spin and keep growing, fed by more air rising from the surface. 

]]> 2017-05-09 01:31:50 UTC https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/170651747 Cyclone Yasi elyssac22 https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/170653156 Cyclone Yasi, a catergory 5 cyclone, made landfall in Queensland, Australia in 2011, causing major damage in major areas along the coast of Queensland. It formed on the 26th January 2011 and dissipated on the 3rd February 2011. ]]> 2017-05-09 01:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/170653156 elyssac22 https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/170653520 2017-05-09 01:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/170653520 Map 1 elyssac22 https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/171386551 Where Cyclone Yasi hit
Bibliography: http://www.mapsofworld.com/continents/]]> 2017-05-12 00:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/171386551 Map 2 elyssac22 https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/171446622 'Zoomed-in' map, showing the specific areas that were affected.

Latitude and longitude are a way of explaining where a place is. Longitude lines run vertically from the north pole to south pole and latitude lines run horizontally from east to west around the circumference of the globe. The lines cross to give you two coordinates (latitude specified first, then longitude), to identify where the place is. These lines are very similar to the lines on a street map.
e.g. Cairns is located on Latitude 16° 55' S, and Longitude 145° 46' E
Bibliography:
http://www.mapsofworld.com/lat_long/australia-lat-long.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Yasi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude]]> 2017-05-12 10:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/171446622 Annotated synoptic diagram elyssac22 https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/171448353 Showing where the the cyclone occurred the worst]]> 2017-05-12 10:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/171448353 Impacts elyssac22 https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/171451605 Economic impacts:
1. The cleanup bill was over 10 billion dollars, and still more money was needed to help in the towns of Cairns and Townsville.
2. Dunk Island resort closed down because they didn't have enough money to repair the resort.
3. Insurance premiums in Queensland (especially in cyclone areas) increased in prices because they were highly certain they would have to make future claims.
4. A lot of businesses had to temporarily/permanently close and food supplies were in short supply.

Social Impacts (advantages and disadvantages):
1. Advantage: People have come together to be prepared for cyclones in the future and have met new people and made new relationships.
2. Disadvantage: The cyclone knocked down many electricity poles and mobile towers, causing disruption to electricity to be used at home, therefore making it difficult to for phones and etc. to be used to contact others.

Environmental impacts:
1. Many of the banana plants in Queensland were destroyed, and since Queensland is the 3rd biggest banana contributor in Australia, it will deeply impact on the rest of Australia. As well as the banana plantations, sugar cane plantations were destroyed as well. 
2. Some rainforests and forests were destroyed, and some of them were full of endangered species of animals.]]> 2017-05-12 10:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/171451605 Responses elyssac22 https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/171588750 People who responded:
  • Australian Government
  • Queensland Government
  • Red Cross
  • Ergon Energy
  • Australian Defence Force

Two responses:
  • Red Cross - They dealt with wind and water damage, coping with a major personal crisis, after the emergency activity guide for children, helping children and young people cope with crisis, and distributing food
  • Australian Government - provided people from the defence force, police and emergency services to help clean up the damage. They also sent a ship with 2750 tonnes of essential supplies.
]]> 2017-05-12 23:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/171588750 Bibliography: elyssac22 https://padlet.com/elyssac22/hmop9xu8002p/wish/172059448
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Yasi#Australia
  • https://underwater.com.au/article/id/10364-cyclone-yasi-and-the-great-barrier-reef/
  • http://cyclone-yasi.weebly.com/howwhy-did-cyclone-yasi-occur.html
  • http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/australia/queensland/qslatlog.htm
  • http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2011/02/cyclones-facts-and-figures/
  • http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-01/tropical-cyclones-explained/1926870
  • http://virtualmuseumaustralia.weebly.com/impacts-of-cyclone-yasi.html
  • https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/
  • http://www.redcross.org.au/red-cross-response---cyclone-yasi.aspx
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