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hurricane

[hur-i-keyn, huhr-, -kuhn] / ˈhɜr ɪˌkeɪn, ˈhʌr-, -kən /


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“Water is soft but strong: There could be an intense hurricane or flood, but it’s also adaptable and pliable; it fills a space. Tai chi is water-like that way.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

A hurricane warning is in effect for Big Island, while Maui County, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau are under a tropical storm warnings.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

El Nino, a natural climate pattern when sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean become unusually warm, tends to promote hurricane activity in the Pacific while suppressing it in the Atlantic.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

In June, Netflix released a narrative game made by Night School called “Unhinged” about a woman who is trapped inside her apartment during a hurricane and is trying to find safety.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

She was sure he couldn’t hear her over the roar of the hurricane, but it didn’t matter.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

At least three hurricanes have developed in the central and eastern Pacific since July, including Hurricanes Fausto and Genevieve, which generated life-threatening waves, strong rip currents and high surf warnings for Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

I also found weird things like how many Atlantic hurricanes this year or if California will be hit by a magnitude 8 earthquake, which goes without saying but would be extremely bad.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

But Swiss Re, which serves as an insurer for insurance companies, noted that losses from natural disasters often increase in the second half of the year, mainly due to hurricanes in the North Atlantic ocean.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Or, we see today, incipient floods, tornadoes and hurricanes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

It looked as if it’d been hit by a couple of hurricanes and left for dead.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older




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