1. Complete the definitions of the following in a single sentence.
torm
b. A tomado
C. A hurricane
d. A twister or water spout
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b. 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.
c. A hurricane is a large rotating storm with high speed winds that forms over warm waters in tropical areas. Hurricanes have sustained winds of at least 74 miles per hour and an area of low air pressure in the center called the eye. The scientific name for a hurricane is a tropical cyclone.
d. Tornadic waterspouts are tornadoes that form over water, or move from land to water. They have the same characteristics as a land tornado. ... Fair weather waterspouts usually form along the dark flat base of a line of developing cumulus clouds. This type of waterspout is generally not associated with thunderstorms.
Note. question 1a is incomplete. TORM ?