cyclones

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According to Scott Braun, a research meteorologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, the eye was relatively large compared with many tropical cyclones.

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

Bomb cyclones are a type of winter storm that can form off the coast or over the ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Bomb cyclones typically occur when Arctic air creeps south and clashes with warm air, creating a storm that rapidly intensifies as its pressure suddenly drops — or “bombs out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

A lightness entered into his body as more small cyclones of increasingly icy wind rippled across the lake and through the luxuriant summer grasses.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols