Sentence examples for powerful tropical from inspiring English sources

Haiyan, the most powerful tropical cyclone to ever make landfall, was the 24th typhoon this year.

Both typhoons and hurricanes are powerful tropical cyclones, - storms with very high sustained wind speeds.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A powerful tropical cyclone killed more than 350 people in Myanmar and destroyed thousands of homes, the state-run news media said Sunday.

Powerful tropical cyclones that cause large numbers of deaths and massive property damage around the Arabian Sea are becoming increasingly common as a result of pollution, scientists say.

The latter features highly in the list chiefly because of facing both a massive earthquake and a powerful tropical storm in 2010.

Thirteen of them were typhoon-strength, the biggest by some way being typhoon Haiyan, possibly the most powerful tropical cyclone to make landfall in recorded history.

With maximum sustained winds at landfall that measured 165 miles (270 km) per hour, Pam was among the most-powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded.

A year ago, when a less-powerful Tropical Storm Irene loomed, Dr. Shah ordered many nursing homes in the Rockaways to evacuate.

Odessa was one of the most powerful, circular tropical cyclone patterns ever seen by spacecraft crew.

The cyclone also devastated huge swaths of the state's sugar and banana plantations, which had only recently begun recovering from damage sustained when a less-powerful storm, Tropical Cyclone Larry, tore through the region in 2006.

But buildings in both cities are built to withstand typhoons, which can be considerably more powerful than severe tropical storms.