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The last strong El Niño event, which took place in 2015, brought a record 16 tropical cyclones to the Northern Pacific and a 500-year drought in the Caribbean that led to water rationing in Puerto Rico, and marked 2015 as the hottest year on record.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
29 June 2026 The first of a five-step tropical cyclone wind warning was hoisted over the northeastern coastal areas, prohibiting boats from heading out to sea.—ABC News,
23 June 2026 The pattern often suppresses Atlantic hurricanes while energizing storms in the eastern Pacific, shifting where tropical cyclone risks are highest.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
15 June 2026 More than four decades later, Central Florida suffered what was arguably its most devastating and catastrophic hurricane season in 2004, when the region was blasted with three powerful tropical cyclones within six weeks.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tropical cyclone