A cyclone is a storm which takes place due to changes in the air-pressure. Winds from places around rush to that area. The air rises up, and that area becomes cool. The wind blows really fast, almost 80 kilometres per hour and is often followed by rain. Cyclones cause a lot of harm sometimes. Things get blown away. Little boats in the harbour turn round and round in the wind, huts and trees get destroyed in villages, crops are damaged, animal also die. When a cyclone is very severe, even cattle sometimes get blown away. In olden days people used to say that a cyclone took place because the Gods were angry with man and this was their way of teaching him a lesson. The Government and social workers help people whose homes get damaged due to a cyclone.
Vocabulary
Harbour – shore, Cattle – cows, buffaloes, goats, Damaged – destroyed
