Lesson content:
• General characteristics
• Areas of formation and associated terms
• Conditions necessary for formation
• Stages in the formation
• Associated weather patterns
• Impact on human activities and the environment (including impact of floods)
• Pre-cautionary and management strategies to manage the effect of tropical cyclones (including floods)
• Identification on synoptic weather maps and satellite images
- Identification of stages of development on synoptic weather maps
- Interpretation of weather symbols
• Case study of ONE recent tropical cyclone that affected Southern Africa
