cyclones

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Tropical cyclones can have an outsized impact because their powerful and sustained convection continuously drives gravity waves into the stratosphere.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

In some parts of the world, they are known as cyclones or typhoons.

From BBC • May 21, 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

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

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