cyclone
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Hawaii has seen unusually strong cyclone activity this summer, with Hurricanes Lala and Lowell bringing destructive winds and flooding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"Currently, we are using climate projections to investigate whether the intensification of the effects of cyclone clusters that we have seen in recent decades could continue in the future."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
"El Nino may influence tropical cyclone activity in the Central and East Pacific and could alter the risk of floods, wildfires, and other weather extremes elsewhere," it said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
However, the institute said that the weather pattern could influence tropical cyclone activity in the central and east Pacific and could change the risk of floods, wildfires and other extreme weather elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Is that cyclone why the woods around here are full of uprooted pine stumps?” the Methodist preacher said finally.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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While the climate disturbance promotes cyclones in the Pacific, it can stifle them in the North Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Their effects can become much more severe when several cyclones arrive in rapid succession, keeping the region stormy for an extended period.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
A similar train of four cyclones happened in 2015, another intense El Nino year, when Typhoon Kilo, Hurricane Ignacio, Hurricane Jimena and Tropical Depression 14E crossed the Pacific at once.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Researchers say that more attention needs to be placed on the threat of tropical cyclones — a term that includes hurricanes and tropical storms — to Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Then I put it in my book of weather systems, between cyclones and anti-cyclones, where it would be safe.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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