ELIZA: There is a tornado warning on. My mother just told me she heard it on the radio. LEE: What is a tornado warning? ELIZA: It means that a tornado has been seen somewhere in the area. LEE: Really? In New Berlin? ELIZA: No. Not necessarily in tow

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Tornado 龙卷风 A tornado is a funnel-shaped strong wind. 龙卷风是漏斗状强风。 It never stops whirling and keeps sucking up dust, houses, cars, trees and everything. 它不断旋转着并吸进灰尘、房子、汽车、树木以及所有的

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Southeastern US Recovering from Deadly Tornadoes 经历过致命龙卷风袭击的美国东南部正在恢复重建 From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. Im Anna Matteo. And Im Christopher Cruise. This week, we explore the science o

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Yal: What are you doing with that shovel, Don? Don: I'm digging a hole for a tornado shelter to get ready for next winter, Yal. Y: A tornado shelter for winter? D: Yep. We're going to have lots of tornadoes in the midwest this year. Y: How could you

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Tornados are one of the most frightening weather phenomena on our planet. Not only are they unique in how they form, but also in how they are measured . A tornados intensity is defined by the Enhanced Fujita Scale. On this scale, the intensity of the

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An average of 800 tornados occur every year in the USA. 美国每年平均有八百个龙卷风。 They can generate wind speeds faster than 250 mph. 龙卷风的风速可以超过时速二百五十英里。 At times, they devastate whole communities

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Call them twisters or tornadoes. They are nature's most violent storms with swirling winds that can top 300 miles per hour. About 800 twisters sweep through the US every year, more than anywhere else in the world. The hardest-hit area is a swath of

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A tornado rips across the Missouri Plains. Winds over 150 miles per hour shred everything in the twister's path. When it smashes a trailer home, one man is sucked into the heart of the storm, spun and shaken horrifically. His limp body drops out of

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Call them twisters or tornadoes. They're nature's most violent storms with swirling winds that can top 300 miles per hour. About 800 twisters sweep through the US every year, more than anywhere else in the world. The hardest-hit area is a swath of th

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致命龙卷风袭击美国东南部 At least 35 people have now been confirmed dead after a massive storm system spawned numerous tornadoes throughout the central and southeastern United States this week, leaving hundreds of communities destroyed ac

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US in shock as worst storms for 40 years kill almost 300 Shocked Americans are struggling to grasp the magnitude of the worst US tornadoes in almost 40 years, which carved a trail of destruction across the south, claiming at least 295 lives. The stor

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This is AP News Minute. 1. People across the country marked the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. In Atlanta , his children laid a wreath at his tomb. Many more gathered at the Memphis Hotel where he was gunned do

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AS IT IS 2013-08-19 Survival Shelters, Tornadoes and Old Ironsides 生存避难所,龙卷风和老铁壁 Hello, and welcome to the Monday edition of As It Is, our daily show for people learning everyday American English. 大家好,欢迎大家收听周

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AS IT IS 2016-02-25 Tornadoes Crush Mobile Homes in South US 龙卷风袭击美国南部 Tornadoes crushed mobile homes and destroyed neighborhoods in the southeastern United States during severe weather Tuesday. At least three people were dead when

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Call them twisters or tornadoes. They are nature's most violent storms with swirling winds that can top 300 miles per hour. About 800 twisters sweep through the US every year, more than anywhere else in the world. The hardest-hit area is a swath of t

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A tornado rips across the Missouri Plains. Winds over 150 miles per hour shred everything in the twister's path. When it smashes a trailer home, one man is sucked into the heart of the storm, spun and shaken horrifically. His limp body drops out of t

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Tornadoes in the South 南部龙卷风 Out of the whirlwind 旋风过后 The South cleans up after the deadliest storms in 86 years 86年来最致命风暴过后,美国南部开始清理工作 May 5th 2011 | JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA | from the pri

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