1) Laura/Cornelius, Freya/Bennet, Dragi
Correct answer: 1. Winter Storm Eberhard followed Freya/Bennet (March 3 to 5), Laura/Cornelius, and Dragi. On March 9-10 Eberhard first struck the UK, the Netherlands, and Belgium, then began impacting Germany and moved eastward to Austria, the Czech Republic, and Poland. Eleanor/Burglind and Friederike struck Europe in January 2018; Anatol, Lothar, and Martin struck Europe in December 2009; and Lorenzo was a U.S. hurricane in late September, then after undergoing extratropical transition struck Ireland and the UK.
2) Eleanor/Burglind, Dragi, Friederike
3) Dragi, Lorenzo, Freya/Bennet
4) Anatol, Lothar, and Martin
1) Reverse tsunamis
Correct answer: 1. When the wind direction blows water away from the coast, a negative storm surge is possible and ships in port can be stranded or damaged; tropical cyclones rotate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere because of the Coriolis effect, and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere; and warm seclusion is the mature stage of an extratropical cyclone lifecycle when, at the center of the storm, relatively warm and moist air is secluded and can exist for days.
2) Negative storm surges
3) Clockwise tropical cyclones
4) Warm seclusion extratropical cyclones
1) Odisha, Orissa, Eline
2) Neoguri, Fani, Kenneth
3) Idai, Kenneth, Fani
Correct answer: 3. Cyclones Idai and Kenneth made landfall in Mozambique six weeks apart in March and April, respectively, both with the intensity of a major hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale (Category 3 or higher). Idai caused severe flooding, the worst in Mozambique since Cyclone Leon-Eline struck in 2000. On May 3, Cyclone Fani made landfall in Odisha state in northeastern India with an intensity equivalent to a strong Category 3 hurricane. Fani was the strongest cyclone recorded in the state since the Orissa super cyclone of 1999 (Odisha was known as Orissa state until 2011).
4) Orissa, Idai, Eline
1) Intracoastal City, Louisiana
2) Gulfport, Mississippi
3) Franklin, Tennessee
4) Dierks, Arkansas
Correct answer: 4. Hurricane Barry made landfall near Intracoastal City, Louisiana, on July 13, and was notable for the record rainfall amounts it brought to the inland State of Arkansas, where the City of Dierks in Howard County received 16.17 inches of rain and surpassed its 24-hour rainfall record of 13.91 inches set in 1989 when Tropical Storm Allison impacted the area.
1) Protect It
2) Secure It
3) Protect It, Secure It, Own It
4) Own It, Secure It, Protect It
Correct answer: 4. October was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month—a collaborative effort by government and industry to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity. This year’s campaign emphasized personal accountability and stressed the importance of taking proactive steps to enhance cybersecurity at home and in the workplace.