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In 1992, Hurricane Andrew, one of the most devastating tropical cyclones in U.S. history, ravaged Elliott Key, Florida.—Marina Wang, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025 Garance was a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean Wednesday afternoon Eastern time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory.—William B. Davis, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025 The research states that, as a consequence, sea-surface temperatures rose, intensifying tropical cyclones and droughts in the Amazon basin and southern Africa.—Fernanda González, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025 In 2024, tropical cyclones and hurricanes brought destructive winds, severe rain and flooding.—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tropical cyclone
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