Tropical Cyclone

Tropical Cycloneoverboard or damaged beyond repair, 13 other vessels requiring and 9others minor repairs.At low latitudes tropical cyclones move at speeds of the order of 10 knotsor less. If follows, therefore, that waves will move out of the storm area asswell ahead of the system. The waves propagate radially outwards asshown in Fugure 4 with the largest ones, generated in the right rarequadrant, moving out almost parallel with the storm track. Thus, swell isoften a forerunner of the tropical cyclone.For coastal stations there is the additional hazard of storm surges,sometimes called hurricane tides. As the tropical cyclone approaches the23