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VOA名师答疑2022--Talking Stormy Weather

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Talking Stormy Weather

Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we will answer a question from VSRC Murthy in India about some stormy weather.

Question:

Hello VOA Learning English,

I have a question about the differences and similarities among these words: "hurricanes," "typhoons," "tornadoes2," "cyclones4," and "thunderstorms."

Thank you,

VSRC Murthy from Hyderabad, India.

Answer:

Thank you, VSRC Murthy! Your question is timed well. Powerful storms have been in the news recently, from a hurricane that hit the southern United States to a typhoon that blew into the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand.

Which word you might use to describe a storm often depends on where you are in the world. Let's start with hurricane.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary says that word means a tropical cyclone3 with winds of 119 kilometers an hour or greater, and usually including rain, thunder, and lightning. The term is used for such storms in the North Atlantic Ocean down to the Caribbean Sea.

Typhoons are the same kind of powerful ocean storm, or cyclone, but that term is used for storms in the Northwest Pacific Ocean.

In the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, these storms are more commonly called tropical cyclones.

All of these storms are considered cyclones because they rotate or move in a circular motion across tropical or subtropical warm waters.

You may have heard names like "tropical depression" or "tropical storm" in news coverage5 of hurricanes and the like. These kinds of storms can lead to a hurricane or typhoon depending on the speed of the winds.

A storm with winds below 62.7 kilometers per hour is a "tropical depression." If the winds are from 62.7 to 118 kilometers per hour, the storm is called a "tropical storm." And lastly, anything over 119 kilometers per hour is consider a hurricane, typhoon, or cyclone.

Hurricanes and typhoons include thunderstorms and storm surges from ocean water that can lead to coastal6 flooding.

Thunderstorms are heavy rainstorms in which you can hear thunder. During thunderstorms, winds are strong and there is always lightning. You can find thunderstorms in different parts of the world, not just in the tropics.

When thunderstorms become severe with intense winds, tornadoes can form. Tornadoes are narrow storms that start in a thunderstorm and touch the ground. They are very violent and destructive.

Here are a few examples of how we can use these words in sentences:

Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean is from June through the end of November.

Typhoon Noru quickly strengthened into a super typhoon last week with winds up to 175 kilometers per hour.

Often in the summer, thunderstorms form in the afternoons bringing heavy rain and lightning.

Tornado1 Alley7 is an area in the central United States where tornadoes happen often.

Please let us know if these examples and explanations have helped you, VSRC Murthy!

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And that's Ask a Teacher.

Words in This Story

rotate – v. to turn or cause something to turn in a circle

tropical – adj. of or occurring in the tropics

surge – n. an abnormal rise in the level of the sea along a coast caused by the onshore winds of a severe cyclone

thunder – n. the loud sound that comes from lightening in the sky

alley – n. a narrow street or passage


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1 tornado inowl     
n.飓风,龙卷风
参考例句:
  • A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
  • The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
2 tornadoes d428421c5237427db20a5bcb22937389     
n.龙卷风,旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
  • Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网
3 cyclone cy3x7     
n.旋风,龙卷风
参考例句:
  • An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
  • The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
4 cyclones 17cc49112c36617738bb1601499ae56d     
n.气旋( cyclone的名词复数 );旋风;飓风;暴风
参考例句:
  • The pricipal objective in designing cyclones is to create a vortex. 设计旋风除尘器的主要目的在于造成涡旋运动。 来自辞典例句
  • Middle-latitude cyclones originate at the popar front. 中纬度地区的气旋发源于极锋。 来自辞典例句
5 coverage nvwz7v     
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
参考例句:
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
6 coastal WWiyh     
adj.海岸的,沿海的,沿岸的
参考例句:
  • The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
  • This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
7 alley Cx2zK     
n.小巷,胡同;小径,小路
参考例句:
  • We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
  • The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

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