Definition of "hurricanes" []

• Plural form of hurricane; a strong, usually destructive wind. (noun)

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• "If you believe that the percieved recent increase in hurricanes is caused by global warming, then how do you account for the fact that there were more level 3,4 and 5 hurricanes during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s."
• "Typhoon is essentially what they call hurricanes out there."
• "(which we call hurricanes) are increasing in intensity in some ocean basins, especially in the North Atlantic basin where hurricanes form, because of warming seas."