Recent Examples on the WebThe state had already been battered by a tropical cyclone last September, when more than 30 people were killed.—Fox News, 3 May 2024 The study found that globally in the last four decades, the tropical cyclone intensification rate has grown by 3 knots per 24 hours.—Matt Simon, WIRED, 2 May 2024 For their research, which took roughly two years, scientists analyzed the 197 Category 5 tropical cyclones between 1980 and 2021.—Max Chesnes, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024 The system is widely used in the U.S. for communicating risks from tropical cyclones.—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024 Heavy snowfall is becoming more common in the Northeast and hurricane trends are changing, with increases in North Atlantic hurricane activity and the intensification of tropical cyclones.—Stephanie Ebbs, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2023 But that is also its downfall as people fall into the trap of thinking a hurricane's winds, storm surge and flooding rain will fit neatly inside the confines of the fuzzy white funnel, and that the tropical cyclone will track down the middle.—The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024 The post-tropical designation means a storm no longer has the characteristics of a tropical cyclone.—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024 One of the most scrutinized, and feared, weather graphics in history got a makeover this year as the National Hurricane Center tries to better convey the hazards of a tropical cyclone.—The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
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