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a
: a storm or system of winds that rotates about a center of low atmospheric pressure, advances at a speed of 20 to 30 miles (about 30 to 50 kilometers) an hour, and often brings heavy rain
b
: tornado
2
: any of various centrifugal devices for separating materials (such as solid particles from gases)
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Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Forecasters are monitoring a busy Atlantic Ocean after Tropical Storm Humberto formed in the Central Tropical Atlantic, as Hurricane Gabrielle churns to the northeast, and a third potential cyclone threatens to follow.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
One solution is to inform frontline communities with the latest climate projections from sophisticated models describing evolving climate phenomena such as deadly heatwaves and destructive cyclones.
—Elfatih Eltahir, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Federal authorities said the man lurking behind the cyclone fence was Routh.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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The Fujiwhara effect is a phenomenon that occurs when two cyclones near each other begin to spin around a common center point between them rather than moving independently.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
Forecasters are monitoring a busy Atlantic Ocean after Tropical Storm Humberto formed in the Central Tropical Atlantic, as Hurricane Gabrielle churns to the northeast, and a third potential cyclone threatens to follow.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
One solution is to inform frontline communities with the latest climate projections from sophisticated models describing evolving climate phenomena such as deadly heatwaves and destructive cyclones.
—Elfatih Eltahir, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Federal authorities said the man lurking behind the cyclone fence was Routh.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cyclone. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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