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  2. Tropical cyclone | Definition, Causes, Formation, and Effects |...

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    tropical cyclone, an intense circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans and is characterized by low atmospheric pressure, high winds, and heavy rain.

  3. What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?

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    The terms typhoon and hurricane are regional names for the same weather phenomenon, the tropical cyclone. Tropical cyclones are intense circular storms that begin over warm tropical oceans, and they are characterized by low atmospheric pressure, high winds, and heavy rain.

  4. Typhoon Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    TYPHOON meaning: an extremely large, powerful, and destructive storm that occurs especially in the region of the Philippines or the China Sea.

  5. Tropical cyclone - Formation, Paths, Impacts | Britannica

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    Tropical cyclone - Formation, Paths, Impacts: A circulation system goes through a sequence of stages as it intensifies into a mature tropical cyclone. The storm begins as a tropical disturbance, which typically occurs when loosely organized cumulonimbus clouds in an easterly wave begin to show signs of a weak circulation.

  6. typhoon - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    Tropical cyclones—intense circular storms that originate over tropical oceans—are called typhoons when they occur in the western North Pacific Ocean around the Philippines, Japan, and China. Major coverage of this topic can be found in the article storm, “Tropical Cyclones.”.

  7. tropical cyclone - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane or typhoon, is an intense circular storm that originates over warm tropical oceans. It is characterized by low atmospheric pressure, high winds, and heavy rain. A tropical cyclone draws energy from the sea surface.

  8. tropical cyclone - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

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    A tropical cyclone is a circular storm that forms over warm oceans. When a tropical cyclone hits land, it brings heavy rains and strong winds. The winds can destroy buildings and rip out trees by their roots. Tropical cyclones have different names around the world.

  9. tropical cyclone summary - Encyclopedia Britannica

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    tropical cyclone, or typhoon or hurricane, Severe atmospheric disturbance that originates over tropical oceans. Tropical cyclones have very low atmospheric pressures in the calm, clear centre (the eye) of a circular structure of rain, cloud, and very high winds.

  10. Tsunami | Definition, Meaning, & Facts | Britannica

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    tsunami, catastrophic ocean wave, usually caused by a submarine earthquake, an underwater or coastal landslide, or a volcanic eruption. The term tidal wave is frequently used for such a wave, but it is a misnomer, for the wave has no connection with the tides.

  11. Asia - Monsoons, Typhoons, Climate | Britannica

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    Tropical cyclones—called typhoons in the Pacific Ocean—may occur in coastal and insular South, Southeast, and East Asia throughout the year but are most severe during the late summer and early autumn. Those storms are accompanied by strong winds and torrential rains so heavy that the maximum precipitation from the typhoons locally may ...