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hurricane

[hur-i-keyn, huhr-, -kuhn] / ˈhɜr ɪˌkeɪn, ˈhʌr-, -kən /


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Those emissions are making our oceans hotter and our atmosphere able to hold more water, producing the ingredients for a really bad hurricane, no matter where it makes landfall, either Palm Beach or Pittsburgh.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

Lala strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane Saturday, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, as it approached the southern end of the Big Island.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Iniki, a powerful category four storm, was the last hurricane to strike Hawaii back in 1992.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

El Nino, a natural climate pattern when sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm, tends to promote hurricane activity in the Pacific while suppressing it in the Atlantic.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

They had just spent half the night walking through a hurricane and he was worrying about helmets.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

We can expect a lot more extreme weather disasters, including hurricanes, droughts and floods, as a result.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

Potential compromises: The possibility of hurricanes and the rising cost of homeowners insurance.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

At least three hurricanes have developed in the central and eastern Pacific since July, including Hurricanes Fausto and Genevieve, which generated life-threatening waves, strong rip currents and high surf warnings for Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Or, we see today, incipient floods, tornadoes and hurricanes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

In the winter the frigid air that flows north from the Pole creates one cyclone after another and collides with warmer air from the tropics, spinning off gales, hurricanes, and blizzards.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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