Extreme weather – Vocabulary exercises

1. Look at the photos. Complete the labels with the words in the box.

Tornado Lightning Drought Flood

Blizzard Hurricane Sandstorm

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2. Match the words to the definitions.

A rising and overflowing of a body of water especially onto  Lightning

normally dry land.

A windstorm (as in a desert) driving clouds of sand before it.  Sandstorm

The flashing of light produced by a discharge of atmospheric  Flood

electricity.

A violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-

 Blizzard
shaped cloud that progresses in a narrow path over the land.

A tropical cyclone with winds of 74 miles (119 kilometers) per

hour or greater that occurs especially in the western Atlantic,
 Hurricane
that is usually accompanied by rain, thunder, and lightning,
and that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.

 Drought
A long severe snowstorm.

 Tornado
A period of dryness especially when prolonged.

Adapted from www.merriam-webster.com