Make Connections 1. What severe storms can occur in your area?


2. How can people prepare for tropical cyclones? Lorem Ipsum


WORDWISE evacuate: to leave a dangerous area


eye: the center of a tropical cyclone, around which the storms’ winds rotate


WORDWISE


hurricane hunter: a person who flies into a tropical cyclone to track it and take measurements


tropical cyclone: a tropical storm with wind speeds of at least 119 kilometers (74 miles) per hour; also called a hurricane or a typhoon


epicenter: place on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake fault: crack in Earth’s crust focus: place in Earth’s crust where two tectonic plates slide past each other, causing an earthquake seismic wave: wave of energy moving away from an earthquake’s focus tectonic plate: large piece of Earth’s crust tsunami: extremely large wave


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