cyclone
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He said it was raining too hard to capture what he called a cyclone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Researchers at Colorado State University confirmed Monday that storms this summer have generated a higher level of accumulated cyclone energy than ever recorded, surpassing the prior seasonal record set in 2018.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The southeastern United States faced a high risk of flooding on Saturday as Isaias, weakened from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone, advanced northward from its landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
I learned the hard way how important one of these can be, when a two-minute cyclone tornado came ashore Long Island Sound a few years ago and hit a major transmission line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
My mind spun like the vortex of a tropical cyclone.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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According to the Japanese Meteorological Agency, there have been 10 tropical cyclones forming in the western Pacific Ocean - the highest number in a season since 1966.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
During El Niño the warmer Pacific brings changes to wind patterns, meaning cyclones tend to form further east, away from Japan and east China.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
"Southern California... just got battered by offshore tropical cyclones, which led to flooding events already and beach erosion, so there's lots of anxiety about extra flood risk coming from El Nino and these waves."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
While the climate disturbance promotes cyclones in the Pacific, it can stifle them in the North Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
I put the photo back in its hiding place, between the chapters on cyclones and anticyclones.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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