(n.) A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour.
Example Sentences:
(1) Canterbury and Christchurch in the South Island were expected to bear the brunt of ex-cyclone Debbie, with rain expected to ease in the North Island later on Thursday.
(2) Tun Lwin, the retired director general of Myanmar's meteorology department told the Associated Press: "We are out of danger and the impact of the cyclone is almost over.
(3) On the issue of whether climate change is influencing tropical cyclones, the group said: "No firm conclusion can be made at this point".
(4) Those that do exist bear Saudi Arabia's logo, but they are torn and thin – leftovers from a huge aid donation during cyclone Nargis.
(5) Although the scientists said they were still unsure whether a warming climate would result in an increase in the frequency of hurricanes and other tropical cyclones, there was a stark warning for the northern hemisphere, and areas of Europe and North America where currently hurricanes hardly ever happen.
(6) The Chatham Islands were also likely to be exposed In Fiji the education minister ordered schools to close although it was not thought the cyclone would heavily affect his country.
(7) Cyclones will wrack the coast more frequently, and with more intensity.
(8) Pentecost largely escaped the severe damage inflicted on much of the archipelago by the cyclone, he said.
(9) According to the Climate Council , heatwaves have killed more Australians than any other natural hazards and have caused more deaths since 1890 than bushfires, cyclones, earthquakes, floods and severe storms combined.
(10) Vanuatu disaster: follow the Guardian's reporter on the ground in the wake of cyclone Pam Read more Little is still known of conditions on the ground in outlying islands after Pam wiped out the archipelago’s wider telecommunications network.
(11) A tiny snapshot of recent results from NCRIS programs includes a nano-patch to deliver vaccines without the need for refrigeration, making an obvious life-saving difference for remote Australians and the health of our region; use of marine models and data to search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370; and the weather-prediction technology that picked up the recent Northern Territory and Queensland cyclones.
(12) Measured sampler penetration curves are presented for British personal cyclone samplers and the MRE 113A static horizontal elutriator in calm air.
(13) "We won't just be looking at the increase in shipping, but also issues such as how climate change and the recent cyclone and extreme weather has affected the reef," she said.
(14) We could have done much more to work with Vanuatu long before the cyclone struck in order to reduce the disaster potential.
(15) Sharknado, a satirical disaster film featuring man-eating sharks let loose on Los Angeles by a freak cyclone, premiered on SyFy in 2013 and became a cult hit, gaining some traction later as a theatrical release.
(16) A cold front is expected to move through the area on Tuesday, bringing rain, more low cloud and less visibility, although a tropical cyclone is thought to be too far north to affect the area.
(17) In the morning Mael told her son – still oblivious to the cyclone– not to open his eyes until they arrived at her parents’ house.
(18) His researchers have recorded sea levels in the Bay of Bengal rising far faster than the global average, and more cyclones hammering the coast.
(19) Lizard Island has just rebuilt their resort after the cyclone.
(20) In spite of early detection of atmospheric turbulence and the history of severe cyclones in the area, an estimated 11,000 people lost their lives.
Geyser
Definition:
(n.) A boiling spring which throws forth at frequent intervals jets of water, mud, etc., driven up by the expansive power of steam.
Example Sentences:
(1) Preoperative findings are discussed, as well as the prevention and treatment of labyrinthine geysers and the possibility of obtaining a functioning labyrinthine opening.
(2) The output is roughly equivalent to that of the Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone national park.
(3) But to do Hakone justice, find a reasonably priced ryokan and take a couple of days to explore the volcanic geysers of Owakudani, the botanical gardens, the cherry blossom in spring and Hakone shrine on the shore of the lake.
(4) • Park website Flaming Geyser state park Facebook Twitter Pinterest The flaming geyser at Flaming Geyser state park.
(5) While city-dwellers and tourists might not think twice before knocking back an Arrowhead – Nestlé’s premier California still water brand – or a Crystal Geyser, residents near the affected springs and watersheds tend to be more vocal, because every drop Nestlé takes is one drop less for their own use and for the local flora and fauna.
(6) By day two, we’ve gone to visit his Scandi dream house, tried on his pilot’s hat, had dinner with his wife, and taken in more geysers and cross-country ski jaunts.
(7) Here, ancient hot springs and geysers have solidified into an array of beautiful and bizarre rock features called sand pipes.
(8) Chris McKay , an astrobiologist at Nasa's Ames Research Centre in California, said: "There are now several lines of evidence – the geysers, the plume chemistry, and now gravity – that indicate a substantial body of liquid water.
(9) There was once a dramatically flaming geyser here – an eruption of gas and seawater about eight metres tall that sprung from a test well dug by miners in the early 1900s.
(10) 'I took it out of the oven, and pierced the tin, at which point a huge geyser of gravy shot out of the top of it, heading straight for the ceiling.
(11) There will be ancient boats and modern boats, rowing boats and sailing boats, steam boats and motorised boats, musical boats and boats spouting geysers.
(12) The advantages of lavage of the abdominal cavity in diffuse purulent peritonitis by means of a developed device "Geyser" are shown.
(13) Nearby, the gas also bubbles up through a mud hole to create Bubbling Geyser.
(14) The laugh-a-minute pro-celebrity puking bug known by the streetname "norovirus" continues to squirm its way through the population, effortlessly transforming ordinarily carefree human beings into spluttering, sulphurous geysers of molten waste.
(15) Lonely Planet’s Best in US 2016 – and what it says about them Facebook Twitter Pinterest Castle Geyser erupting at Yellowstone national park, Wyoming, US.
(16) "If you turned off the geysers of Enceladus, the great E-ring of Saturn would disappear within a few years," says McKay.
(17) An instantaneous gas fired water heater may also contribute to elevated indoor NO2-concentrations and personal exposures, although the present survey could not provide detailed information about the use of a flue and the location of the geyser.
(18) The $3bn probe has shown that the little moon not only has an atmosphere, but that geysers of water are erupting from its surface into space.
(19) Yellowstone’s biggest draw, the Old Faithful geyser, just got a new boardwalk and gateway towns like Gardiner, Montana and Cody, Wyoming, are all gearing up to accommodate the millions of visitors expected this year.
(20) A geyser of liquefied innards exploded from the pig.