Explain the characteristics and spatial distribution of the following hazards using at least two specific examples. [10 marks]

             Hurricane is one of the hazards that is accommodated by wind and sometimes rain. It is mostly destructive due to the strong winds. It is also called typhoons in the western Pacific or cyclones in Australia and Indian Ocean. It forms over tropical oceans. It also has a low pressure. It moves counter-clockwise in northern hemisphere. The speed at which the wind travels is 120 km/h but it can also rich about to 350 km/h. The diameter of hurricanes could differ it can be as small as 100 km and as gigantic as 1500km.

             Hurricanes are hard to detect because they are erratic. The usage of flights into hurricane, satellite images, on-ground instruments packages, and computer models. The destruction could be lethal due to heavy rain falls and 120 km/h. In the eye of wall the amount of rain fall is 10m/day. On the other locations it rains up to 10 in./day.