tropical storm
a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
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How to use tropical storm in a sentence
Rapidly strengthening on Friday afternoon, Ida was upgraded to a hurricane from a tropical storm by the National Hurricane Center.
Ida strengthens to hurricane, predicted to strike Louisiana as Category 3 late Sunday | Matthew Cappucci, Jason Samenow | August 27, 2021 | Washington PostOn the sweaty Saturday back in August when I visited the Shack, a tropical storm tore through Staunton and damaged several local restaurants.
The Atlantic had so many hurricanes, meteorologists ran out of tropical storm names for only the second time.
After a record 22 billion-dollar disasters in 2020, US disaster policy needs reform | Deb Niemeier | January 8, 2021 | QuartzMore than 23 million people are currently under some kind of hurricane or tropical storm advisory.
Hurricane Eta rumbles toward the Gulf states after wiping out Central American towns | Sara Chodosh | November 9, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThis hurricane season is living up to the projection that this would be one of the worst years on record, which should come as no surprise given that we know the climate crisis is worsening tropical storms.
Hurricane Zeta is the fifth named storm to hit Louisiana this year | Sara Chodosh | October 28, 2020 | Popular-Science
A tropical storm, clearly visible on radar for days, is to blame.
Nepal’s Deadliest Avalanche Was Totally Avoidable | Dick Dorworth | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs I ended my call with Mooney, he was monitoring tropical storm Gonzalo as it was developing into a classified hurricane.
Victor Mooney’s Epic Adventure for His Dead Brother | Justin Jones | October 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis weatherman gets a little aroused... er, excited to predict the path of a tropical storm.
In 2004, another election year, Florida was hit with four hurricanes and a tropical storm between August and September.
Can FEMA Director Craig Fugate Save Us—and Obama—From Sandy? | Eli Lake | October 29, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe major cities on the East Coast now have a 40-50% probability of experiencing tropical-storm-force winds.
The same strange tenseness that precedes a tropical storm, an atmosphere of impending conflict, seemed to hang over them.
Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton BrowneOn most days it looked impending over us like a tropical storm cloud, ready to dissolve in rain and ruin.
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa | Joel Tyler Headley and William Fletcher JohnsonHe had scarcely reached the beach when a tropical storm swept across the waters.
The Pirate of Panama | William MacLeod RaineThe fifth day after parting from the brig we encountered a tropical storm.
Barty was obliged to shout himself, just as he had been obliged to shout in the tropical storm.
Barty Crusoe and His Man Saturday | Frances Hodgson Burnett
Scientific definitions for tropical storm
A tropical cyclone having sustained surface winds between 39 and 73 mi (63 and 118 km) per hour. See Note at cyclone.
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