PART A

TROPICAL CYCLONE YASI

Tropical Cyclone Yasi was a very dangerous and destructive tropical cyclone that occurred in northern Queensland, Australia on 3 February, 2011, causing horrific damage to areas all over. Yasi originated from a tropical low near Fiji.

GEOGRAPHICAL PROCESSES

• water erosion were one of the main causes
• Land clearing/habitat destruction leads up to cyclones
• An area of low pressure
• Severe winds
• Rainfall

IMPACTS OF THE CYCLONE

• The damage was worth about 3.8 billion dollars US
• The cyclone damaged the Great Barrier Reef dramatically
• Approximately 15% of coral was damaged severely
• Homes were destroyed
• Families were lost

THE RESPONSES GIVEN

• Many charity funds
• Red cross staff and volunteers helped repair
• Government gave money for the damage

BLACK SATURDAY BUSHFIRE

The Black Saturday bush fires were a series of severe bushfires that caused burning all across the Australian state of Victoria on Saturday, 7 February 2009. This disaster occurred during extreme bushfire weather conditions which lead up to about 400 individual fires

GEOGRAPHICAL PROCCESSES

• It was was on the hottest summers on records
• There was a drought that was going on
• Heat waves across SA and Victoria
• Strong winds, which caused fires to spread more

IMPACTS OF THE BUSHFIRE

• Approximately 4.4 billion worth of damage
• Thousands of native animals were killed
• Burned over 400,000 hectares of land
• 173 people lost their lives
• Over 1800 homes were destroyed

THE RESPONSES GIVEN

• Donations were made to help out
• Immediate community response
• Governments help by giving money to help

SIMILARITIES IN THE PROCESSES

• wind affected both of the hazards
• Habbitat destruction
• Homes and families destroyed
• Costed a enormous amount of damge

DIFFERENCES IN THE PROCESSES

• One hazard was fire based, one was wind
• Different locations
• the bushfire caused damage by smoke and fire
• The cyclone caused damage by strong winds

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Yasi
• http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/yasi/
• Google images