tropical cyclone

Being able to reconstruct a tropical cyclone's wind field provides valuable data that experts can use to determine how severe the storm will be.

"The wind field of a tropical cyclone contains the information of the storm's intensity, structure, and potential impact on coastal regions," said Li.

“We are looking at relatively enhanced odds of tropical cyclone formations in the western Caribbean, south of Cuba,” Rosencrans said.

Hurricane Helene, the climate change-fueled tropical cyclone that pummeled much of the American southeast in late September, has claimed more than 230 lives with some estimates of damages ranging from $30 to 47.5 billion.

Yagi is an "extremely dangerous and powerful" super typhoon which will soon make a "potentially catastrophic" landfall, the Indo-Pacific Tropical Cyclone Warning Center wrote in an advisory on Thursday.