tropical storm

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tropical storm

noun tropical storms

  1. A cyclone within the tropics that has a certain range of wind speeds, typically having its thunderclouds organized in a spiral shape with wind speeds on the surface between about 30 and 75 miles (60–120 km) per hour. Janice was a tropical depression 10 days ago, a tropical storm 5 days ago, and a hurricane yesterday and today.
  2. broadly Any tropical cyclone.

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noun cyclone

Españoltormenta tropical
中文熱帶氣旋 /热带气旋 rèdài qìxuán, 熱帶風暴 /热带风暴 rèdài fēngbào
Françaiscyclone tropical
Deutschtropischer Wirbelsturm

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@misc{tropical_storm_2026,
  title = {tropical storm},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tropical%20storm},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}