| A | B |
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| Hurricane | a dangerous storm made up of swirling bands of thunderstorms with wind speeds of at least 119 km per hour |
| Tropical depression | a low pressure air mass that forms over warm water and has swirling winds that can be as strong as 61 km per hour |
| Tropical storm | a low pressure air mass that forms over warm water and has swirling winds that are more than 61 km per hour but less than 119 km per hour |
| Storm surge | water pushed ahead onto shore by the winds outside the eye wall of a hurricane |
| Tornado | a rapidly spinning column of air that comes down out of a cloud and touches the ground |
| Vortex | a spinning funnel-shaped area in a fluid |
