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Hurricanes and Tornadoes

A hurricane (ураган) is a severe storm. To be called a hurricane, a storm must have ____

1. People who live around the Pacific Ocean call hurricanes typhoons (тайфун). People who live on the Indian Ocean call them cyclones (циклоны). Hurricanes begin ____

2. They are like giant spinning (вращающиеся) wheels of storm clouds, wind and rain. The centre of a hurricane is a narrow column of air that spins very slowly. This is ____

3. Here the weather is surprisingly calm with low winds and clear skies.

Tornadoes are terrible windstorms. Most of them happen in North America, but ____

4. If hurricanes are strong winds that build up over the sea, ____

5. They happen when large masses of cloud meet. When a tornado touches the ground, it sucks (втягивает) up anything in its path – trees, houses and people. On the 4 September 1981 a tornado hit Ancona, a place in Italy. It lifted ____

6. into the air set it down safely 100 metes away. The baby was still sleeping soundly.
the “eye” of hurricane
over warm tropical oceans
a baby asleep in its pram (коляска)
wind speeds at least 75 miles (120 kilometers) an hour
tornadoes build up over land
they can occur anywhere in the world
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A hurricane (ураган) is a severe storm. To be called a hurricane, a storm must have wind speeds at least 75 miles (120 kilometers) an hour.

1. People who live around the Pacific Ocean call hurricanes typhoons (тайфун). People who live on the Indian Ocean call them cyclones (циклоны). Hurricanes begin over warm tropical oceans.

2. They are like giant spinning (вращающиеся) wheels of storm clouds, wind and rain. The centre of a hurricane is a narrow column of air that spins very slowly. This is the "eye" of hurricane.

3. Here the weather is surprisingly calm with low winds and clear skies.

Tornadoes are terrible windstorms. Most of them happen in North America, but they can occur anywhere in the world. 

4. If hurricanes are strong winds that build up over the sea, tornadoes build up over land.

5. They happen when large masses of cloud meet. When a tornado touches the ground, it sucks (втягивает) up anything in its path – trees, houses and people. On the 4 September 1981 a tornado hit Ancona, a place in Italy. It lifted a baby asleep in its pram.

6. into the air set it down safely 100 metes away. The baby was still sleeping soundly.