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B. Typhoon, hurricanes and cyclones are all tropical storms with very high winds. They simply have different names based on where they are located. All of them are formed by low pressure centers traveling over warm sea surfaces where they gather up moisture and gain wind speed.
A. An archipelago is sometimes called an island chain or island group. Japan’s volcanic islands lie off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland and stretch from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and China in the southwest.
D. Ouargla, Algeria, hit 124 degrees on July 5, probably a record for all of Africa. Montreal, Canada hit a record 98 degrees in a heatwave that killed as many as 70 people. And, Sodankyla, Finland, 59 miles north of the Arctic circle, hit 90 degrees.
A. Fanned by strong winds the wildfire devastated resort areas near Athens and drove many to seek refuge from the flames by wading into the Mediterranean Sea. Coastal patrol boats and private vessels picked up hundreds of who managed to reach harbors or beaches.