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Noun
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The studies found 49 in coastal areas are at risk from sea-level rise or storm surge from hurricanes, with many located near highly populated areas and important ecological locales like Chesapeake Bay.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Mar. 2026 -
There is a separate list of names for Central Pacific hurricanes, which can occasionally hit Hawaii.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In addition, there are separate lists for typhoons in the western Pacific and tropical cyclones in Australia and the Indian Ocean.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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In an interview with the Library of Congress Veterans History Project, Williams mentioned not only having survived multiple typhoons but six Kamikaze attacks during the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, as well as attacks by suicide swimmers and suicide boats.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2026
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