Examples of tropical cyclone in a Sentence
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In typical tropical cyclones, Thunberg said, winds are concentrated around the eye.
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David Sharp, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
Floods from nearly a foot of rain from a tropical cyclone killed at least 46 people and displaced more than 25,000 people.
—Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
All seven ocean basins where tropical cyclones can form have had a storm reach Category 5 strength so far this year, including Hurricane Jova, which reached Category 5 status in the eastern Pacific earlier this week.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 9 Sep. 2023
For example, the National Hurricane Center actively monitors the location, formation and trajectory of tropical cyclones.
—Darren Ruddell, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
There is consensus among scientists that tropical cyclones are becoming more powerful because of climate change and that the likelihood of major ones is increasing.
—Mike Ives, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
Have warm waters strengthened other tropical cyclones?
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
Hilary’s setting records in four states brings the number of new records up to nine in just the past six years, and research continues to attribute heavier rainfall rates and amounts produced by tropical cyclones to climate change.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
The last one to damage the region was in 1858, when a tropical cyclone with 75 mph winds nearly made landfall.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
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David Sharp, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2023
Floods from nearly a foot of rain from a tropical cyclone killed at least 46 people and displaced more than 25,000 people.
—Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
All seven ocean basins where tropical cyclones can form have had a storm reach Category 5 strength so far this year, including Hurricane Jova, which reached Category 5 status in the eastern Pacific earlier this week.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 9 Sep. 2023
For example, the National Hurricane Center actively monitors the location, formation and trajectory of tropical cyclones.
—Darren Ruddell, Discover Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
There is consensus among scientists that tropical cyclones are becoming more powerful because of climate change and that the likelihood of major ones is increasing.
—Mike Ives, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023
Have warm waters strengthened other tropical cyclones?
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
Hilary’s setting records in four states brings the number of new records up to nine in just the past six years, and research continues to attribute heavier rainfall rates and amounts produced by tropical cyclones to climate change.
—Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
The last one to damage the region was in 1858, when a tropical cyclone with 75 mph winds nearly made landfall.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2023
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1851, in the meaning defined above
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