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Individual Responses

  • Donating small items of clothing, food and money
  • Small tasks from clearing the neighbour's lawn to organising community events to raise funds.

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Responsibilities and Responses

Groups

  • Salvation Army and Red Cross workers met survivers and kept track of names and temporary addresses, provided shelter, food, building and medical supplies
  • Community groups all over Australia started fundraising and raising awareness to help the survivors.
  • Emergency Sercvice workers helped relieving physical and psychological effects of the cyclone

Government

  • Loans of up to $500,000 for eligible farmers and businesses
  • $1000 per adult and $400 per child who's home was destroyed
  • tax-free grant of $25,000 for businesses suffered significant losses.

What are Cylcones?

  • System of winds rotating inwards
  • Low Pressure
  • Develops over warm tropical oceans
  • Produces gale force winds (63+ km/h)

Impact of Cyclone Joan on the Environment

  • One of most severe tropical cyclones to affect Northwest Australia, mainly near Port Hedland
  • Maximum measured wind gust was 208 km/h, 10 hrs at 90 km/h and 3 hrs at 120 km/h
  • No human lives lost or serious injuries
  • Heavy loss in livestock, esp. sheep
  • 85% damage to private property and public facilities in Port Hedland and surrounding areas.
  • Caused flooding (heavy rainfall), damaged roads and railways
  • Total cost of repairs to buildings estimated at over $25 million,

Causes of a Cyclone

  • Water in oceans heat up to 26.5°C
  • Water evaporates, air rises then cools (updraft)
  • Water condenses, forms cloud
  • Water cools further, rains down (downdraft)
  • Updraft meets downdraft, rotates

Cyclone Joan

By Sampson.X and Justin.D

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