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Download PDF Welcome to Larisa English Club #28 What’s in The News? Tornado, Twister or Whirlwind? Speaking Practice. Rush Hour! Bus or Taxi? English Grammar. Compare Adjectives to Determiners! What’s in The News? Tornado, Twister or Whirlwind? A tornado is a rapidly rotating column of air that is in contact with  both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare  cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as  twisters, whirlwinds or cyclones. The word cyclone is used in  meteorology to name a weather system with a low-pressure area in the  center around which winds blow counterclockwise in the Northern  Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern. Tornadoes come in many shapes  and sizes. Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 110 miles per hour,  are about 250 feet across, and travel a few miles before dissipating. Various types of tornadoes include the multiple vortex tornado,  land-spout and waterspout. Waters