| A | B |
| Levee | Enbankments that hold water away from the cities |
| Hurricane Hunter | People who fly airplanes into hurricanes |
| Coastline | An area near an ocean |
| Evacuate | To leave a dangerous place for a safe place |
| Dissipate | To break apart or lose strength |
| Surge | Where ocean waters rush onto land |
| Hurricane Watch | A possibility that a storm will hit in the next 36 hours |
| Hurricane Warning | A storm will definately make landfall in 24 hours |
| Eye | A calm area during a storm |
| downgraded | When a storm moves backwards on the storm scale |
| Hurricane | A storm that has winds stronger than 73 miles per hour |
| Tropical Storm | A storm that has a wind speed between 40 and 73 miles per hour |