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Barry is the 20th tropical cyclone or remnant to cause over 15 inches of rain across interior Texas since 1913, according to the National Weather Service.—Simmone Shah, Time, 8 July 2025 The satellite photo was captured in 2015, a year after an intense tropical cyclone shifted the sand, potentially revealing the plane, said Pettigrew, who took the evidence to Purdue.—Tom Costello, NBC news, 2 July 2025 Hurricanes are tropical cyclones with sustained winds of more than 74 mph (119 km/h) that develop east of the international date line.—Tom Brown, Space.com, 29 June 2025 According to the National Weather Service (NWS), a tropical depression is a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained surface winds of 38 miles per hour or lower.—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tropical cyclone
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