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.—
Ned Rozell
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Recent natural disaster drills indicate that international contingency plans require serious improvements in order to properly safeguard against the next inevitable geomagnetic superstorm.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2025
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
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Nov. 2025
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
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“Superstorm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superstorm. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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