cyclones

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Scientists have long known that intense tropical cyclones generate powerful convection near their eyewalls.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

In other parts of the world these storms are given different names - for instance, typhoons in the north-west Pacific, near Japan and China, or cyclones in the Indian Ocean and around Australia.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

There was a “record-smashing hurricane season in the central North Pacific,” with 16 tropical cyclones through the unusually warm ocean — more than triple the average, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

It is a particularly strong result from Rio’s iron-ore operations, which recovered the majority of production losses from cyclones earlier in the year, Peker says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

I put the photo back in its hiding place, between the chapters on cyclones and anticyclones.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd