Recent Examples on the WebRoughly 70% of the 63 billion-dollar tropical cyclones in the U.S. since 1980 rapidly intensified.—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024 Towards the middle of the month, large-scale environmental conditions look to become more favorable for tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic Basin.—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2024 These transient periods of exceptionally high ocean temperatures can super-charge tropical cyclones, while bleaching corals and harming ocean ecosystems, including fisheries that millions of people around the world depend on for food.—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2024 The data are also important for tropical cyclone forecasting in a region that experiences more than 80% of global fatalities from such events, says Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate scientist with the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology.—Byvaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 17 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for tropical cyclone
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