cyclones
Massive spinning windstorms
Cyclones are large-scale weather systems characterized by rotating winds around a low-pressure center.
In the Northern Hemisphere they spin counterclockwise; in the Southern Hemisphere, clockwise.
The term covers tropical storms and hurricanes as well as the broader atmospheric disturbances that bring unsettled weather to temperate regions.
Colloquially, cyclone may refer to any violent windstorm, including tornadoes, though meteorologists distinguish between them.
The cyclone made landfall with devastating winds.
Violent tropical windstorm
- typhoonWestern Pacific hurricane
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- vortexRotating fluid column
eye · landfall · winds · barometric · pressure · rotation · counterclockwise · destruction
Violent rotating windstorm
- twisterRotating destructive windstorm
- waterspoutMarine vortex phenomenon
- dust devilSmall rotating wind column
- willy-willyAustralian rotating windstorm
nor'easter · monsoon · Tracy · Bay of Bengal · Coral Sea · Indian Ocean · Pacific · Caribbean
Something that divides
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- dust collectorMachine filtering airborne debris
- industrialOf factories and production
particle · airflow · cone · inlet · outlet · vacuum · extraction · processing
hurricane
Violent tropical windstorm
vortex · eye · landfall · winds · barometric · pressure · rotation · counterclockwise · destruction · surge
tornado
Violent rotating windstorm
- twisterRotating destructive windstorm
- waterspoutMarine vortex phenomenon
- dust devilSmall rotating wind column
willy-willy · nor'easter · monsoon · Tracy · Bay of Bengal · Coral Sea · Indian Ocean · Pacific · Caribbean
separator
Something that divides
- centrifugeSpinning density-separation device
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- dust collectorMachine filtering airborne debris
industrial · particle · airflow · cone · inlet · outlet · vacuum · extraction · processing · powder
rugby
Team sport with scrums
- CincinnatiOhio's third-largest city
- teamOrganized cooperative unit
- mascotGroup's symbolic figure
jersey · stadium · fans · league · championship · cricket · Miami · Brooklyn · athletics · supporter
- wind effectstornadoes, hurricanes, sand storms, dust storms, blizzards
- storm systemssupercell, hurricane, hurricanes, typhoon, typhoons
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
- climateclimate change, climate, weather, global warming, temperature
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
- Indian OceanArabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Andaman Sea
cyclonescalm
Free from agitation
stillness · gentle breezes · zephyrs · doldrums · dead calm
cyclonesclear skies
Absence of cloud cover
fair weather · settled weather · tranquility · blue skies · serenity
- tropical cycloneRotating low-pressure ocean storm
- bomb cycloneRapidly intensifying low-pressure storm
- cyclone fenceWoven wire boundary barrier
- cyclone warningNotice of approaching rotating storm
- cyclone seasonPeriod of frequent rotating storms
- cyclone cellarUnderground severe weather refuge