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Recent Examples of cyclone
The death toll on the island of 60 million people from a rare cyclone, which triggered floods and landslides, rose to nearly 850, with hundreds still missing, authorities said.
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Hat Yai in southern Thailand saw 335 mm (13 inches) of rain in a single day, the highest figure in 300 years, according to the BBC, brought by a rare cyclone in the Malacca Strait.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
But a press release noted the project has been postponed to 2026, given the onset of the South Pacific cyclone season.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
On the forecast track, the center of the cyclone is expected to move parallel to the southwestern coast of Mexico through Friday and then approach southern Baja California Sur over the weekend.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Hat Yai in southern Thailand saw 335 mm (13 inches) of rain in a single day, the highest figure in 300 years, according to the BBC, brought by a rare cyclone in the Malacca Strait.
—Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
But a press release noted the project has been postponed to 2026, given the onset of the South Pacific cyclone season.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
On the forecast track, the center of the cyclone is expected to move parallel to the southwestern coast of Mexico through Friday and then approach southern Baja California Sur over the weekend.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyclone
Noun
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As the Palisades Fire burned out of control under hurricane-force winds, some residents chose to stay and fight, like Cort Wagner.—
Jeff Nguyen,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Here, sea level rise is accelerating at some of the most extreme rates on Earth, while hurricanes increasingly are swirling ashore with an unprecedented ferociousness.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Curse the earthquake or typhoon, or the space agency that sent them to Mars?—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Jan. 2026
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Alaska’s Arctic has seen four ex-typhoons since 1970, and three of them arrived in the past four years.—
Matthew L. Druckenmiller,
The Conversation,
16 Dec. 2025
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“Cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclone. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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