typhoons

plural of typhoon

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Recent Examples of typhoons Among them was Typhoon Molave, which Vietnamese officials at the time described as one of the worst typhoons to strike the country in two decades. Faye Bradley, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025 Scientists across the globe agree that nations need to rapidly embrace renewable energy to stave off the worst effects of climate change, including extreme heat and drought; larger, more intense wildfires and supercharged hurricanes, typhoons and rainstorms that lead to catastrophic flooding. Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2025 Hurricanes and typhoons are both broken into five numbered categories, which are collectively called the . Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025 Unlike 20 years ago, when the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004 killed more than 200,000 people, 2024 was a year of mounting casualties from typhoons, floods, heat waves and droughts. Curtis S. Chin and Jose B. Collazo, CNBC, 25 Dec. 2024 Others, however, see the Christmas spirit persist in the resilience of communities impacted by typhoons. Chad De Guzman, TIME, 22 Dec. 2024 Cyclones, also known as typhoons and called hurricanes in North America, are enormous heat engines of wind and rain that feed on warm ocean water and moist air. Lex Harvey, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024 Hurricanes and typhoons form in the Atlantic and western Pacific, respectively. Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 15 Dec. 2024 Interesting Engineering has reported how Chinese equipment manufacturers build larger wind turbines that can withstand the strong winds of typhoons and hurricanes. Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for typhoons
hurricanes
Noun
  • Scoop up a set in gold, white, or gray glass hurricanes before the price hikes back up for the holidays.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
  • While these two hurricanes are forming in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center predicted an above-normal hurricane season for the Atlantic.
    Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025

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