superstorm
noun
su·per·storm
ˈsü-pər-ˌstȯrm 
: a very large and powerful storm
… typhoons (another word for hurricanes) sometimes track north into the Bering Sea, becoming superstorms that hit the west coast of Alaska.—
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And maybe most notorious of all: Hurricane Sandy morphed into a hybrid superstorm in late-October 2012 and walloped the East Coast.
—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
In Roland Emmerich’s enviro-disasterpiece, climate change sets off a series of events that send massive superstorms across the Earth, hurtling us into a new Ice Age.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Climate change is generating devastating heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods and superstorms.
—Michael E. Mann, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
In the decades since, more advanced simulations show how a warming planet could trigger all sorts of calamities, from heat waves and superstorms to desertification and ecosystem collapse.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
In Roland Emmerich’s enviro-disasterpiece, climate change sets off a series of events that send massive superstorms across the Earth, hurtling us into a new Ice Age.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Climate change is generating devastating heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods and superstorms.
—Michael E. Mann, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
In the decades since, more advanced simulations show how a warming planet could trigger all sorts of calamities, from heat waves and superstorms to desertification and ecosystem collapse.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Superstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superstorm. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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