Water: Water was one of the most important abiotic factors that affected the Philippines during Tropical Storm Washi. The Philippines mainly consists of islands, so the surrounding oceans made the Philippines an easy target for flooding. The raise in water levels led to major mud slides, causing many of the inhabitants to loose house hold items and belongings.
Substrate: Before Tropical Storm Washi hit the Philippines, there were many deforestation projects taken place in some of the most beautiful rain forests the Philippines had to offer. However, this deforestation left tons and tons of land full of fresh soil out. This led to the massive mud slides the Philippines endured after Tropical Storm Washi hit.
Sunlight: The build up of so much mud led to the heating of the atmoshpere, caused by the sunlight reflecting off of the mud soaked land. Also, if the sunlight cannot get to the soil, then important fruits and vegitables cannot grow. This can cause both humans and animals to lose sources of energy.
Wind: Tropical Storm Washi brought strong winds along with its heavy rains. The strength of the winds made the heavy rains more disasterous; the winds caused the rain to land harder and faster. The strong winds picked up more of the ocean water, causing more flooding than what there would have been with just heavy rains.
Substrate: Before Tropical Storm Washi hit the Philippines, there were many deforestation projects taken place in some of the most beautiful rain forests the Philippines had to offer. However, this deforestation left tons and tons of land full of fresh soil out. This led to the massive mud slides the Philippines endured after Tropical Storm Washi hit.
Sunlight: The build up of so much mud led to the heating of the atmoshpere, caused by the sunlight reflecting off of the mud soaked land. Also, if the sunlight cannot get to the soil, then important fruits and vegitables cannot grow. This can cause both humans and animals to lose sources of energy.
Wind: Tropical Storm Washi brought strong winds along with its heavy rains. The strength of the winds made the heavy rains more disasterous; the winds caused the rain to land harder and faster. The strong winds picked up more of the ocean water, causing more flooding than what there would have been with just heavy rains.