tropical cyclone
rapidly rotating storm system that forms in the tropics
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A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system that forms in tropical regions and can bring extremely powerful winds and heavy rainfall. These storms matter because they can cause significant damage to communities, infrastructure, and ecosystems in areas where they occur.
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Research
1,389 papers- Exposure Assessment for Tropical Cyclone Epidemiology.ReviewCurrent environmental health reports · 2022Anderson GB, Schumacher A, Done JDOI: 10.1007/s40572-022-00333-z
- Tropical Cyclone Ecology: A Scale-Link Perspective.ReviewTrends in ecology & evolution · 2020Lin TC, Hogan JA, Chang CTDOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.02.012
- Assessing tropical cyclone risk for improving mitigation strategies in Coastal Odisha, India.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Das T, Shahfahad, Rahman ADOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33017-2
- Tropical cyclone and daily respiratory mortality across East Asia: a time series study.The European respiratory journal · 2023He C, Chen R, Kim H et al.DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00546-2023
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Hurricane Florence viewed from the International Space Station in 2018. The eye, eyewall, and surrounding rainbands are characteristics of tropical cyclones.
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is called a hurricane (/ˈhʌrɪkən, -keɪn/), typhoon (/taɪˈfuːn/), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone. A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean. A typhoon is the same thing which occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Indian Ocean and South Pacific, comparable storms are referred to as "tropical cyclones". In modern times, on average around 80 to 90 named tropical cyclones form each year around the world, over half of which develop hurricane-force winds of 65 kn (120 km/h; 75 mph) or more.