Hydrometeorological

Hazards
Hydrometeorological hazards

•Hydrometeorological hazards are different meteorological,

hydrological and climate phenomena which can cause loss
of life, injury or other health impacts, damage to property,
loss of livelihood and services, social and economic
disruption or environmental damage.
•It includes several phenomena experienced in different
areas of the world such as tropical cyclones, typhoons,
thunderstorms, hail, avalanches, tornadoes and a lot more.
 Tropical Cyclone
• A tropical cyclone is a natural
hazard that is given a human name.
• It is a natural heat engine that
converts heat energy of the
tropical ocean into strong winds
and waves.
• It is generally a rotating, organized
system of clouds and
thunderstorms that originate over
tropical or subtropical waters, and
has a closed, low-level circulation.
 Tropical Cyclone
• Requirements for the Formation of a Tropical
Cyclone
• Temperature of the ocean in the upper 60
meters should be at least 27° C.
• The storm must be far enough from the
equator, at least 500 kilometers, for a
Coriolis Effect to create a low pressure
center.
• The winds in the upper-level should be weak
and if possible, blowing in the same
direction by which the storm is moving.
•
 Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms are tall, buoyant clouds of
rising moist air which generates lightning,
thunder, commonly accompanied by rains and
gusty winds.
• Air-mass thunderstorms or single cell
storm are the most common type. They
usually occur locally, least destructive and
only lasts for a short amount of time.
• Supercell thunderstorm is a violent type
of thunderstorm created from a huge
upward current of warm air.
 Tornado
Formation of a Tornado from a Thunderstorm

A tornado is only used

when a rotating column
of wind (known
as vortex) extends
downward from the
cloud and reaches the
ground.
 Flood
Flood refers to the overflowing of a large
amount of water beyond its normal location
that result to damage to properties and loss
of life.
There are two types flood, namely, flash
floods and regional floods.
• A typical flash flood results from
heavy rainfall for hours in a local area.
• Regional flood occurs when large
amount of rain falls over a large area
for days or weeks.
• Hydrometeorological hazard maps plot
the levels of risk may it be in a local area
or the whole country due to potential
damage from floods, tropical cyclones,
winds, monsoons and other
hydrometeorological phenomena.
• Hazard maps can be resident-educating
type which has the main objective to
inform the residents in an area about the
possible susceptibility of that area to
natural disasters
 The hazard map of the
Philippines showing the
risk of typhoon in different
regions.
 The hazard map of the
Philippines showing the
risk of typhoon in different
regions.
Project NOAH

Project NOAH led the creation of accurate and high

resolution maps of Philippines landscape and greatly
helps in flood risk mitigation.
Project NOAH shows a real-time update on the
Philippine whether using satellite data.

https://noah.up.edu.ph/
https://noah.up.edu.ph/
Coping with Typhoons and Monsoons
Before Typhoon
Always keep yourself updated.
Follow the pages of PAGASA,
Project NOAH and other
government agencies in different
social media platforms. Save
important emergency hotlines
both in your mobile phone and in
a small notebook and do not
forget to include it in your
emergency kit.
THANK YOU
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