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hurricane

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


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There has only been one hurricane - Isaias - which made landfall in the Florida Panhandle and Alabama.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

In the eastern Pacific, where El Niño tends to strengthen hurricane activity, it has been a very active season so far.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Rodriguez explains that, in many ways, the aftermath of the hurricane sparked arguments on both sides that were necessary to begin healing the tension.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Regardless of its exact path, large ocean swells generated by the hurricane were expected to create hazardous conditions along portions of Mexico's southwestern and west-central coastlines in the following days.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

She’d read all about hurricane eyes, but she’d never been in one.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Earlier in September, the energy produced by exceptional ocean heat resulted in three simultaneous hurricanes in the central and eastern Pacific: Lowell, Karina and Marie.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Until this year, the last time there had been three Pacific hurricanes at the same time was 2015.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Ten hurricanes have formed in the eastern Pacific so far this year, the most since 2018.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

Although powerful hurricanes can generate atmospheric gravity waves, satellites cannot always detect them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The constant wave of tropical storms and hurricanes that menaced coastal Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida in the summer of 2004 turned their relaxed Southern coastal life into an apocalyptic struggle for survival.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson


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