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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

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

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

If forecasters can recognize earlier when a poorly organized tropical cyclone is becoming more favorable for strengthening, they may be able to provide communities with additional time for evacuation decisions and other preparations.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Lana Lee, though, was still well groomed and looked as though some cyclone had miraculously missed only her.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

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

"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

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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