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What Is a Cyclone | |
Definition | Large circling storms with strong winds blowing around a central area. |
Location | These storms form near the (56) over open water. They are called hurricanes and typhoons in the northem hemisphere, and cyclones in the southern hemisphere. |
Causes | I. The warm moist air rises and turns into thunderclouds. |
2. Cool air flows in to fill the (57) left by the rising air. | |
3. The earth’s movement makes the air bend inward and (58) upwards. The swirling winds rotate faster and faster. | |
4. As the cyclone builds it begins to move. | |
Elements | A. Towering clouds become a wall around the storm’s centre. |
B. Winds circling the eye can reach (59) | |
C. Heaviest rainfall is in the "Wall". | |
Effects | Winds can "knock over trees, houses, fences, power poles, etc. |
Chums up the sea into giant waves and (60) which cause flooding. |