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cyclone

[sahy-klohn] / ˈsaɪ kloʊn /


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"El Nino may influence tropical cyclone activity in the Central and East Pacific and could alter the risk of floods, wildfires, and other weather extremes elsewhere," it said.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

"With space weather in particular," Holt added, "a single event such as a tropical cyclone can be very important."

From Science Daily Jun. 3, 2026

The only difference is that now she lives in the northeast and thinks fall colors are beautiful where bomb cyclone blizzards are part of life.

From Salon May 9, 2026

However, it acknowledges delays in compensating families who lost their entire homes or businesses in the cyclone.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2026

Lazlo’s dream was spilled out into the air, the color and storm of it no longer a future to be reached, but a cyclone here and now.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Three tropical cyclones are "definitely rare to see," Julia Cole, a climate scientist at the University of Michigan, told AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

Researchers say that more attention needs to be placed on the threat of tropical cyclones — a term that includes hurricanes and tropical storms — to Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

According to the report, scientists can now attribute particular extreme, heat, and rainfall events with a high degree of confidence to man-caused climate change, and wildfires, droughts and tropical cyclones with moderate confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Tropical cyclones also remain a serious threat - with storms responsible for some of the most dramatic single year losses recorded in the study, from Australia to the Caribbean.

From BBC Jun. 4, 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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