Hurricanes occur most frequently in warm tropical oceans where sea surface temperatures are above 27 degrees Celsius. Additional factors that enable hurricane formation include light winds aloft and atmospheric spin. People who live in hurricane-prone regions face greater risks to quality of life from property damage, economic impacts, and health issues from the disasters. To cope, those in hazard areas adapt their food sources, build sturdy shelters, and wear protective clothing suited to the climate and disaster risks.

1. Hurricane How does where you live influence your quality of life
and the ability to cope with natural and human-induced
disasters?
There is always a difference between someone
living in a place where natural disasters occur
and someone living somewhere they do occur. If
you live in a place where there are a lot of
disasters, then the quality of your life isn’t
as great as the other person because you have
faced a lot of damages, and you need to spend a
lot of money on recovering.
For example: The map on the right dhows the
regions where Hurricanes mostly occur, if you
live in those regions then you are unsafe,
however other people are safe.
Where hurricanes occur
Factors that cause this is occur: damage caused:
• Warm sea surface temperatures- This serves as the fuel source for hurricanes. • Casualties
The sea surfaces or ocean temperature needs to be at least 27 degrees Celsius
in order to develop a tropical storm, or a hurricane. • People lose homes
• Light winds aloft- Hurricanes and tropical storms travel east to west. They • Economy of nation decreases
are supported by east wind flow. They are also vertical systems in that they
have thunderstorms which is built in the atmosphere. These two conditions • poor people suffer more
separate hurricanes from normal weather change storms.
• May cause poverty in a nation
• Rotation, or spin- In order to create a hurricane, there must be some sort of
rotation in the wind that is coming together. Without the rotation the wave is • Price of resources increases.
just another area of low pressure. Eg. Oil prices
How people respond and recover: Adapting to the hazard-prone environment:
The three main factors of adapting to the environment is FOOD, SHELTER, and CLOTHING.
RESPOND RECOVER
FOOD: The way people adapt to the the food, is by bringing safety for the crops from the
Shock Getting used to it natural disaster. People also eat food that is able to be grown during the certain types
of weather.
Emotional Support from friends and family;
counseling SHELTER: They build their homes strong and natural disaster proof, so that they don’t
Mental Problems Consult Psychiatrist hurt their houses, and they down hurt themselves.
CLOTHING: People wear clothing that best matches the environment around them. Also,
they wear clothes that can best protect them during a natural disaster. For example: If
there is a sandstorm people would have to cover their mouths with a face mask.

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