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Preferred term

hurricane

Definition

[GEMET] A tropical cyclone of great intensity; any wind reaching a speed of more than 73 miles per hour (117 kilometers per hour) is said to have hurricane force.

Broader concept

extreme event

Scope note

US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

In other languages

Chinese

飓风

Japanese

ハリケーン

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20385

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 1/13/23

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