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stormy

[stawr-mee] / ˈstɔr mi /


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After a dark and stormy Halloween night with showers that continued into Sunday, Southern California can expect clear skies this week as well as hotter temperatures, particularly along the beleaguered coastline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

El Niños are typically associated with coastal erosion in California and more stormy weather than usual to southern United States, including Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Hundreds of Orangemen paraded through the town centre, joined by bands and a crowd of supporters who were not deterred by the stormy weather.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

For Rosebank, it seems, there are stormy seas ahead, one way or the another.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Holly Deblin might’ve seen me through her stormy night forest, 'cause she might’ve smiled.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

The climate phenomenon - forecast to be the strongest in living memory - will influence a change to stormier conditions later this season.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

According to NOAA, stormier weather is generally more likely in the southern United States during an El Niño.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

In this and other ways I am agreeably disposed to this stronger and stormier Tiguan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

“We can’t say for sure it’s definitely stormier but, what we can say, is the storms we are having in northwest Europe are getting more severe,” says Bricheno.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 15, 2023

And in addition to classes, in weather that grew colder and stormier every day, the pilots were given flight tests to decide which aircraft they’d be best suited for.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Macquarie Island is only a tiny piece of land surrounded by the world's stormiest ocean.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

A Pineapple Express storm could deliver one of Southern California’s stormiest Christmases in recent memory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 22, 2025

Between October 2023 and March 2024, for example, the amount of rainfall on the stormiest days in the UK increased by an estimated 20% on average due to climate change.

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024

Despite all this, Bricheno notes that the North Sea is far from the stormiest body of water in the world.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 15, 2023

Those girls were blessed with the ability to sleep through the stormiest of sidewinders.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson


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