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Natural disasters > Tropical cyclones

PREFERRED TERM

1835Tropical cyclones  

BROADER CONCEPT

ENTRY TERMS

  • Cyclones
  • Hurricanes
  • Typhoons

SCOPE NOTE

  • Intense atmospheric vortices with low centre barometric pressure that form over the warm tropical oceans. Tropical cyclones incite violent winds that drive significant storm waves and produce torrential precipitation, thus often causing major catastrophes in human-built and natural environment.

SOURCE

  • Chan & Kepert 2010
  • Terry 2007

CONTRIBUTOR

  • Katsiadakis Helen (AA)

CREATOR

  • Tzedopoulos Giorgos (AA)

NOTATION

  • 1835

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