Question
Catastrophic flash flooding of the Shire River caused by this storm has crippled agriculture around the city of Blantyre, increasing concerns of food insecurity in one of the world’s fastest-growing cities. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this tropical cyclone that devastated Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi in February and March of 2023. This tropical cyclone is the world’s longest-lived and most energetic storm on record.
ANSWER: Cyclone Freddy (Blantyre is forecasted to be the fourteenth-largest city worldwide in 2100.)
[10m] Cyclone Freddy worsened many impacts of 2019’s Cyclone Idai, such as exacerbating outbreaks of this disease. In the 2010s, outbreaks of this disease following natural disasters infected four million people in Yemen and Haiti.
ANSWER: cholera
[10e] A Loss and Damage Fund was announced at COP28 in this city in response to calls for climate reparations to address the impact of storms like Freddy and Daniel. This Emirati city was ironically built on oil revenue.
ANSWER: Dubai [or Dubayy]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 50% | 83% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 8 | 13.75 | 63% | 75% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
Data
| Michigan State A | Iowa A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas A&M B | Rice A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Texas A&M A | Sorbonne | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Texas A | UBC A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Appalachian State | Iowa B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Claremont A | UW A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |