4. When is it a cyclone?
DEPRESSION when wind
speed< 61kmph.
CYCLONE when wind speed > 61kmph
• SEVERE STORM.
• VERY SEVERE CYCLONIC STORM.
• SUPER CYCLONIC STORM.
5. FORMATION OF A CYCLONE
-MOISTURE in large amounts.
-HEAT ( >27⁰C).
-CORIOLIS force.
-Huge water surface.
17. THE PARADEEP SUPER CYCLON
PARADEEP – 1 OF THE 12 MAJOR INDIAN PORTS.
LEVELS OF DESTRUCTION
• 10,000 PEOPLE DEAD.
• 20 FEET HIGH STORM SURGE WENT 20KMS INLAND.
• 2.5MILLION LIVESTOCK PERISHED.
• 90 MILLION TREES UPROOTED.
• 17000 km2 crop area destroyed.
Source : Indian Meteorological Department website
www.imd.gov.in
19. • CLEAN ENERGY
ADVANTAGES OF HARNESSING ENERGY
FROM CYCLONES
• LARGE SCALE
PROCUREMENT :
ECONOMIES OF
SCALE
• SELF
RELIANCE IN
ENERGY
• SUBSTITUTION
EFFECT
20. OBSTACLES IN HARNESSING ENERGY FROM CYCLONES
1.Size of the cyclone
2.Landfall
unpredictability
3.Need of material with
extraordinary strength
21. THE FINAL WORDS
• NATURAL PHENOMENON.
• WE SHOULD BE PREPARED BETTER THAN
EVER.
• TAP THE POTENTIAL POWER AND TAME THE
MONSTER.