How and why does a hurricane form? Watch the following video to find out.
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Check your listening comprehension by doing this exercise.
Bring the different processes of the formation of a hurricane into the right order.
If you have difficulties to understand some of the words, have a look at the word list further down this page.
Here you can find a list of important words for this topic. If you like, you can practise the words with the vocabulary trainer underneath.
Wörterliste: hurricane
- thunderstorm, thunderstorms
(Nomen) - Definition:
- storm with thunder and lightning
- Übersetzung:
- Gewitter
- hurricane, hurricanes
(Nomen) - Definition:
- tropical storm
- Übersetzung:
- Wirbelsturm
- eddy, eddies
(Nomen) - Definition:
- a current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current
- Übersetzung:
- Wirbel
- cluster, clusters
(Nomen) - Definition:
- group or bunch of something
- Übersetzung:
- Anhäufung
- jet stream, jet streams
(Nomen) - Definition:
- air current
- Übersetzung:
- Strahlstrom
- trigger
(Verb) - Definition:
- to initiate something
- Übersetzung:
- auslösen
- rotate
(Verb) - Definition:
- to spin, turn, or revolve
- Übersetzung:
- drehen
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