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unusual facts about The Cyclone



Lorena Forteza

She is known primarily for her part in the film directed by Leonardo Pieraccioni, The Cyclone.


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1851 Atlantic hurricane season

As the cyclone progressed inland, it dropped light to moderate rainfall, peaking at around 3 inches (75 mm) in Corpus Christi.

The cyclone slowly weakened as it turned northwestward, with hurricane force wind gusts reported 24 hours after landfall in current-day Medina County.

1856 Atlantic hurricane season

The cyclone weakened to Category 1 strength as it crossed the island, close to Matanzas, but regained first Category 2 and then Category 3 strength as it moved north through the Gulf of Mexico.

1910–19 Pacific hurricane seasons

Racing northeast, the cyclone moved over the Polar ice cap on October 11, arcing north of Europe, before dropping into northern Asia on October 13, then crossing through Siberia until October 21, when the low dissipated.

1941 Atlantic hurricane season

The cyclone transitioned into an extratropical storm on September 25, and was last recorded at 00 UTC on September 27 over northeastern Quebec, near the Torngat Mountains National Park.

1952 Atlantic hurricane season

Late on October 24, the cyclone struck the small island of Cayo Guano del Estes in the Archipelago de los Canarreos, south of Cienfuegos, Cuba.

2003–04 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season

Across the island, the cyclone caused at least 33 deaths, with its impact further compounded by Cyclone Gafilo about two months later.

2013 Somalia cyclone

Along with the Puntland regional authorities, the Federal Government of Somalia declared a state of emergency in the cyclone struck areas.

Brewster SB2A Buccaneer

Five of the Cyclone powered aircraft under the model number '340' were supplied to the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy for assessment - four as dive bombers and one as a target towing tug.

Calcutta Rowing Club

After the cyclone a temporary thatched roof boat house was built in 1861, on the banks of the Hooghly near Chand pal Ghat, the Regatta course was 1 mile from Fort Point to Shalimar or from Shalimar to Botanical Gardens.

Cyclone Kesiny

The cyclone struck in the midst of a political crisis, in which the top two candidates of the Malagasy presidential election in 2001 declared themselves the winner; the incumbent, who lost, declared Toamasina as the capital city, and the political instability disrupted relief efforts.

Cyclone Rosita

Chevron Australia said a tanker due to arrive on 18 April was asked to delay its arrival till 22 April because of the cyclone.

December 1969 nor'easter

The cyclone was rated by meteorology researchers Kocin and Uccellini (2004) as a high-end Category 3 on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS), equating to a "major" winter storm.

Gonzalo Bazán

After a long career in lower and some games in the Seleccion Argentina U20 debut in the first of the "Cyclone" on 4 July 2009 to Argentinos Juniors.

Meteorological history of Typhoon Haiyan

Several hours later, the eye of the cyclone made its first landfall in the Philippines at Guiuan, Eastern Samar, without any change in intensity; if verified, this would make Haiyan the strongest tropical cyclone to make a landfall on record, surpassing the old record of 305 km/h (190 mph) set by Atlantic Hurricane Camille in 1969.

Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone

On July 10, 2012 when discussing Sikorsky missing another delivery deadline in June 2012 Defence Minister Peter MacKay called the Cyclone purchase "the worst procurement in the history of Canada".

The Cyclone will feature a modified main gearbox, which has been redesigned since a March 2009 accident.

Tropical cyclone forecast model

It uses climatology and persistence to predict future intensity, including the current Julian day, current cyclone intensity, the cyclone's intensity 12 hours ago, the storm's initial latitude and longitude, as well as its zonal (east-west) and meridional (north-south) components of motion.