cyclone
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Hurricane Simon, currently spinning along Mexico’s west coast, is expected to make landfall there this week, and forecasters say there’s roughly a 90% chance of another cyclone formation in the next seven days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 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
As if in thanks, the sturdy trees had protected their house and fields from the brunt of the cyclone.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
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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
Arctic cyclones often bring unusually warm, turbulent conditions that can shrink and fracture sea ice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
"We adapted an algorithm for tracking weather systems so that it could detect rapidly consecutive cyclones in the Arctic," explains Lars Aue.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
A similar train of four tropical cyclones took place in 2015, another intense El Nino year, when Typhoon Kilo, Hurricane Ignacio, Hurricane Jimena and Tropical Depression 14E crossed the Pacific at once.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
All the way from Gladiola, Georgia, clear across the world, to Sassafras Springs by way of one of the biggest, baddest cyclones to hit the country!
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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