cyclones

noun

plural of cyclone
as in hurricanes

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  1. hurricanes
  2. typhoons
Noun
  • The team navigated tropical storms, hurricanes and the Kelvin wave.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • This sensor, first deployed on a GOES satellite in 2017, can detect lightning flashes anywhere on the globe and has proved to be useful for predicting tornadoes as well as monitoring the rapid intensification of tropical storms and hurricanes.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurricanes
Noun
  • The average hurricane is about 300 miles (482 kilometers) wide, but hurricanes – or typhoons, as they’re called in the western Pacific of the Northern Hemisphere – can be much bigger or smaller.
    — Zachary Handlos, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In the northwest Pacific they are called typhoons and in the south Pacific and Indian oceans they are called cyclones or tropical cyclones.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of typhoons
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