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.
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