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cyclone

[sahy-klohn] / ˈsaɪ kloʊn /


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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

Frank watched as Percy plowed through a line of legionnaires, scattering their shields with his personal cyclone.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

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

While Hurricane Polo hurtles around the Pacific, there isn't a trace of the usual cyclones off Mexico's opposite coast, near Solis's native Yucatan.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Tropical cyclones generally need to become vertically organized before they can grow much stronger.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 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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