tropical storm
noun
: a tropical cyclone with strong winds of over 39 miles (63 kilometers) per hour but less than hurricane intensity
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Should another weather system develop into a tropical storm, it would be named Jerry, which is next on the list of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season names.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
What To Know The disturbance has a 50 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical storm within the next seven days.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The Cebu quake also happened after a tropical storm late last week battered Cebu and other provinces in the country’s central region.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Matmo was a tropical storm in the Philippine Sea early Friday Philippine Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
What To Know The disturbance has a 50 percent chance of strengthening into a tropical storm within the next seven days.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The Cebu quake also happened after a tropical storm late last week battered Cebu and other provinces in the country’s central region.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Matmo was a tropical storm in the Philippine Sea early Friday Philippine Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Tropical storm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tropical%20storm. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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