Consider the following statements:1. Mistral is a cold wind blowing in North America.2. Sirocco is a hot dry wind blowing across the North African coast. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

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Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface.

Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few hours, to global winds resulting from the difference in absorption of solar energy between the climate zones on Earth.


Consider the following statements:<br />1. Mistral is a cold wind blowing in North America.<br />2. Sirocco is a hot dry wind blowing across the North African coast. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?