tropical storm


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tropical storm

n.
A cyclonic storm originating in the tropics and having winds ranging from 39 to 73 miles per hour (34 to 63 knots; 63 to 117 kilometers per hour).
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trop′ical storm′


n.
a tropical cyclone of less than hurricane force.
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tropical storm

A tropical cyclone in which the surface wind speed is at least 34, but not more than 63 knots.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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After wandering about for some hours, I returned to the landing-place; but, before reaching it, I was overtaken by a tropical storm. I tried to find shelter under a tree, which was so thick that it would never have been penetrated by common English rain; but here, in a couple of minutes, a little torrent flowed down the trunk.
Tropical storm warnings are also in effect from Puerto Altamira to the mouth of the Rio Grande River while Southern Texas is monitoring for tornadoes because of Fernand.
this morning, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) announced that a tropical depression in the Gulf of Tonkin has officially developed into Tropical Storm Kajiki (marlin), the 14th tropical storm of the year.
Meanwhile, residents of Zambales, Bataan, Occidental Mindoro, Palawan and Western Visayas will experience scattered light to moderate rains with at times heavy rainshowers due to the southwest monsoon enhanced by the tropical storm. PAGASA warned that sea travel is now risky over the seaboards of Luzon and the eastern seaboard of Visayas.
Tropical Storm Dorian has changed course a bit, heading for the U.S.
The tropical storm was last seen at 210 kilometers east northeast of Infanta, Quezon, moving west at 35 kilometers per hour (kph).
Dubai: The National Centre of Meteorology (NCM) is monitoring tropical storm Vayu off the Arabian Sea that is predicted to weaken by Tuesday and is not expected to have "direct effect" on the UAE.
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[U.S.A.], Sep 10 ( ANI ): Tropical storm Florence turned hurricane might have life-threatening impacts stated the National Hurricane centre in an advisory issued on Monday.
A tropical storm warning was raised on Guadeloupe and Dominica, and a tropical storm watch was issued for the French Caribbean territories of Martinique, St Martin and St Barts, St Maarten, Barbados, St Lucia, Saba and St Eustatius.
A tropical storm warning was issued for Guadeloupe and Dominica, the latter still recovering after a battering by Hurricane Maria in September as a Category 5 storm.

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