| A | B |
| thunder heads | large dark clouds that produce heavy rain |
| eye | calm area in the center of the hurricane |
| thunder | sound made by lightning |
| hurricane | the largest kind of storm |
| tornado | whirling funnel shaped cloud |
| equator | where hurricanes form |
| storm surges | causes most death by hurricanes |
| updraft | columns of warm air that rise and bring moisture to a storm |
| downdraft | columns of cold air that bring rain to earth's surface |
| tornado alley | area of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas that has most tornadoes |