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cyclones

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plural of cyclone

as in hurricanes

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Meanwhile, the weather pattern has dampened hurricanes in the Atlantic, where the ACE is less than 18% of what's normal for this time of year.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
The Caribbean, which often sees late-season hurricanes throughout October, has especially high wind shear from the El Niño, so storms are not expected there.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026

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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

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