Larisa English Club Podcast

Download PDF Welcome to Larisa English Club #27 What’s in The News? Hurricane, Typhoon or Tropical Cyclone? Speaking Practice. Shopping for Gloves English Grammar. What is “Active and Passive Voice?” What’s in The News? Hurricane, Typhoon or Tropical Cyclone? A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized  by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation,  strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce  heavy rain. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone  is referred to by different names, including hurricane, typhoon,  tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, and simply cyclone.  A hurricane is a tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean and  northeastern Pacific Ocean, a typhoon occurs in the northwestern  Pacific Ocean, and a cyclone occurs in the south Pacific or Indian  Ocean. Tropical cyclones typically form over large bodies of relatively war