Core Education

The following questions from schools are answered by a scientist: 1. What weather do you find most interesting to learn about and study? 2. Where in NZ does the most severe weather occur? 3. What do you do when you go to a civil defence centre - what are the next steps once you arrive? 4. Can you tell us more about how hail is formed? How a tornado is formed? 5. What are the ongoing effects of a landslide? And are there ways we can prevent them from happening? (We have a lot of houses on the hills here in Eastbourne). 6. Why is no-one cleaning up/able to clean up Tologa bay? 7. Is there any severe weather that helps us? 8. Are young people coming through to do your jobs in the future? 9. What happens if you go inside a tornado? 10. What is the general size for tornadoes in New Zealand?