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    Media coverage of tropical cyclones has been carried out in various ways over the past centuries. The passages of hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, and tropical...
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    Severe Tropical Cyclone Gabrielle was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that devastated parts of the North Island of New Zealand and affected...
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    In addition to tropical cyclones, there are two other classes of cyclones within the spectrum of cyclone types. These kinds of cyclones, known as extratropical...
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    effects of tropical cyclones include heavy rain, strong wind, large storm surges near landfall, and tornadoes. The destruction from a tropical cyclone, such...
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  • Thumbnail for Tropical cyclone naming
    Tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are named by various warning centers to simplify communication between forecasters and the general public regarding...
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    tropical cyclones, super typhoons, or major hurricanes (at least of Category 3 intensity). In Africa, tropical cyclones can originate from tropical waves...
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  • Thumbnail for Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone
    Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones, often referred to as Mediterranean cyclones or Mediterranean hurricanes, and shortened as medicanes, are meteorological...
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  • Thumbnail for Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre
    States A Tropical Cyclone Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre is responsible for detecting tropical cyclones in its designated area of responsibility...
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  • Thumbnail for Cyclone Tracy
    Severe Tropical Cyclone Tracy was a small, but destructive tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia of December...
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    necessary for tropical cyclones to achieve high wind speeds. The formation of an eye is almost always an indicator of increasing tropical cyclone organisation...
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  • Thumbnail for Tropical cyclone warnings and watches
    alert system is used to keep the public informed when a tropical cyclone or possible tropical cyclones poses a threat to the nation. The scale starts with...
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  • Thumbnail for Tropical cyclone rainfall climatology
    A tropical cyclone rainfall climatology is developed to determine rainfall characteristics of past tropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone rainfall climatology...
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    predictor. Knowledge of the beta effect can be used to steer a tropical cyclone, since it leads to a more northwest heading for tropical cyclones in the Northern...
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    Tropical Cyclone Debbie in 2017 was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Queensland since Marcia in 2015, and was the costliest tropical cyclone in...
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    basin sees nine tropical cyclones annually with about half of them becoming severe tropical cyclones. Cyclones rarely form in other tropical ocean areas,...
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  • Thumbnail for History of tropical cyclone naming
    The practice of using names to identify tropical cyclones goes back several centuries, with storms named after places, saints or things they hit before...
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    Tropical cyclones are ranked on one of five tropical cyclone intensity scales, according to their maximum sustained winds and which tropical cyclone basins...
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    Tropical cyclone rainfall forecasting involves using scientific models and other tools to predict the precipitation expected in tropical cyclones such...
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  • Thumbnail for Tropical cyclones and climate change
    poleward extension of where the cyclones reach maximum intensity are among the consequences of human-induced climate change. Tropical cyclones use warm, moist...
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  • Thumbnail for Glossary of tropical cyclone terms
    describe: (a) tropical cyclones prior to issuance of watches and warnings and (b) subtropical cyclones. Bar This is used to describe a dark layer of clouds that...
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  • Thumbnail for 2018–19 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
    set a new record of nine intense tropical cyclones, the largest number since the start of reliable satellite coverage in 1967, surpassing the 2006–07 season...
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  • Thumbnail for Hurricane Helene
    Hurricane Helene (/hɛˈliːn/ heh-LEEN) was a deadly and devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities...
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    The 1970 Bhola cyclone (also known as the Great Cyclone of 1970) was a catastrophic and extremely deadly tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day...
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    "Lootie". This was also criticized as an example of pervasive racism. Media reporting also included coverage of political and religious leaders who suggested...
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  • Thumbnail for List of historical tropical cyclone names
    Tropical cyclones are named for historical reasons and so as to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one tropical cyclone...
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  • Thumbnail for 1983–84 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
    of 9, most of which formed in January and February. There were four intense tropical cyclones, which is twice the average. The increased activity of the...
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    nation of Fiji since Cyclone Meli in 1979, which claimed 53 lives. The relative lack of strong tropical cyclones affecting the capital city of Suva, located...
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  • Thumbnail for Tropical cyclone forecasting
    Tropical cyclone forecasting is the science of forecasting where a tropical cyclone's center, and its effects, are expected to be at some point in the...
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  • Thumbnail for List of retired Australian region cyclone names
    a few tropical cyclones were named before 1964–65. The names of significant tropical cyclones that cause a high amount of damage and/or loss of life are...
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    and the development of two tropical cyclones near Kiribati on either side of the equator. The first tropical cyclone became Tropical Storm Bavi and impacted...
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