cyclone

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Recent Examples on the Web Climate change has exacerbated conditions that allow such storms to thrive, rapidly intensifying in warming waters and turning into powerful cyclones sometimes within mere hours. Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024 State of play: The rapidly intensifying cyclone is expected to bring up to 8 feet of storm surge to Tampa Bay, per the National Hurricane Center, along with heavy rainfall and strong winds. Yacob Reyes, Axios, 25 Sep. 2024 Children caught in the crosshairs of the climate crisis Climate change increases the frequency, severity and unpredictability of cyclones, floods and other extreme weather events affecting Bangladesh, underscoring that the climate crisis is fundamentally a child rights crisis. Sarah Ferguson, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 The total is likely higher because satellite monitoring technology was not available until the 1960s and cyclones that could have been a Category 5 storm may have remained undetected. Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cyclone 

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“Cyclone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclone. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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