1 / 10

Dealing with Extreme Weather in South Florida: Climate Insights from Chapter 23

In this chapter, we explore how South Florida residents adapt to various extreme weather conditions, including hurricanes, heavy rains, and seasonal monsoons. Understanding the climate and vegetation of regions like the Bay of Bengal, Sundarbans, and Thar Desert provides valuable context for the challenges faced. We examine weather patterns, including cyclones and tsunamis, and how they impact daily life. Educational videos further illustrate the effects of monsoons and cyclones in South Asia, highlighting the importance of awareness and preparedness for extreme weather.

ulric-harrington
Download Presentation

Dealing with Extreme Weather in South Florida: Climate Insights from Chapter 23

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Do Now • How do people in South Florida deal with different extreme weather

  2. Chapter 23 section 2 Climate and Vegetation

  3. Places to Locate Bay of Bangal: Have ebony trees, lush vines and orchids

  4. Places to Locate Sundarbans: a swampy area in Southwestern Bangladesh and Northern eastern coast of India. Worlds largest protected mangrove forest

  5. Places to Locate Thar Desert: Lies East of the Indus River, Livestock graze in some areas, and irrigation makes it possible to grow some wheat near the river, but much it is sandy and empty.

  6. Climate Region Chart pg. 597-598

  7. Weather Patterns Cyclones: The same as Hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean, produce high heavy winds and heavy rains

  8. Weather Patterns Tsunamis: huge waves caused by underwater earthquakes

  9. Weather Patterns Monsoons: Seasonal winds that help South Asia have three distinct seasons. In the Hot season, air across South Asia is heated and becomes unstable, It causes a change in wind direction which brings monsoon rains

  10. Videos • You tube video Monsoon Delay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhtrG4Sr-Fw You tube Video Monsoon floods http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmOdahj8lqQ Youtube Video Tsunamis Sri Lanka resort http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o56F7PXDk4E • Cyclone in India • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-9kf7-sLRo

More Related