cyclone

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Recent Examples of cyclone The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stated that hazards like storm surge and inland flooding remain the most deadly elements of cyclones. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025 However, on Earth, cyclones never get anywhere near the poles. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 30 Apr. 2025 That earlier cyclone provided an opportunity for the junta to present a different face to the international community. Tharaphi Than, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025 The cyclone is in the eastern Pacific about 55 miles south-southwest of Puerto Angel in Mexico. Luis Alberto Cruz, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for cyclone
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Noun
  • But then, four years after the hurricane, a volunteer with a local rescue organization found Maddie on the street.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 20 July 2025
  • In 2004 the region was battered again by Frances and Jeanne, two of four hurricanes that menaced the state that year within the span of six weeks.
    Peter Aldous, Miami Herald, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • All are coordinated and named by a single body, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which has a separate name list for typhoons.
    Tom Brown, Space.com, 29 June 2025
  • The frequency of typhoons, locally called bagyo, means Filipinos are used to responding to them.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 5 June 2025

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“Cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclone. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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