Storms

Storms

cyclone: a violent storm with rotating wind

• They changed their vacation plans because of the cyclone warning.

gale: a wind with a speed between thirty-two and sixty-three miles per hour (between fifty and one hundred kilometers per hour)

• We'd better stay home. It looks like a gale outside.

hurricane: a tropical storm with winds of seventy-four miles per hour (119 kilometers per hour) or greater

• The hurricane took the roof off our neighbor's house.

sandstorm: a storm of sand in the desert

• During the sandstorm there were clouds of sand in the air.

storm: a strong wind with rain, snow, or hail, and sometimes with thunder and lightning

• They had to stop driving because of the storm.

tornado: a violent storm that whirls in a circular motion at speeds up to three hundred miles per hour

• Everyone must seek shelter; there is a tornado warning for the area.