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S: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-storm-12-areas-declared-natural-disaster-zones-20150422-1mr4up.html (last access: 25 June 2015); http://www.icdo.org/en/disasters/natural-disasters/storms/ (last access: 25 June 2015).
N: 1. Old English storm “violent disturbance of the atmosphere, tempest; onrush, attack, tumult; disturbance,” from Proto-Germanic sturmaz storm, from PIE stur-mo-, from root *(s)twer- “to turn, whirl”.
Old French estour “onset, tumult,” Italian stormo “a fight” are Germanic loan-words. Figurative (non-meteorological) sense was in late Old English.
Storm-wind is from 1798. Storm-door first recorded 1872; storm-water is from 1847; storm-window is attested from 1824. Storm surge attested from 1872.
2. Two definitions according to International Meteorological Vocabulary, WMO – No. 182:
- An atmospheric disturbance involving perturbations of the prevailing pressure and wind fields, on scales ranging from tornadoes (1 km across) to extratropical cyclones (2000-3000 km across).
- Wind with a speed between 48 and 55 knots (Beaufort scale wind force 10).
3. Cultural Interrelation: We can mention the movie the novel The Storm of the Century (1999) written by Stephen King and the movie Into the Storm (2014) directed by Steven Quale.
S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=storm&searchmode=none (last access: 25 June 2015). 2. METEOTERM/IMV (last access: 25 June 2015). 3. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13451.Storm_of_the_Century (last access: 3 July 2015); http://intothestormmovie.com/ (last access: 3 July 2015); http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/into_the_storm_2014/ (last access: 3 July 2015).
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CR: cyclogenesis, erosion, eruption, explosive cyclogenesis, low-pressure area, natural disaster, thunderstorm.
