English-Danish translations for cyclone

• cyklon
  Det er nu 18 dage siden, cyklonen ramte regionen. It is now 18 days since the cyclone hit the region.
  For os er cyklonen og dens forfærdelige konsekvenser udelukkende et humanitært spørgsmål. For us, the cyclone and its terrible consequences are a purely humanitarian issue.
  Hver dag på tv ser vi uforglemmelige scener fra et land, der er ødelagt af denne cyklon, og det er umuligt at være ligeglad. Every day on TV we witness haunting scenes from a country ruined by this cyclone and it is impossible to remain indifferent.
• orkan
  2005 er allerede et rekordår uden fortilfælde, da 2005 var året med de fleste navngivne tropiske orkaner, siden man begyndte at registrere disse vejrfænomener. 2005 has already achieved an unprecedented record, in that 2005 was the year with the highest number of named tropical cyclones since records began.
  Når kloden bliver opvarmet, opvarmes havet som bekendt også, og når temperaturen i havet kommer over 26 °C, er det sandsynligt, at der dannes en tropisk orkan. As we all know, when the planet heats up, the sea also heats up and when the temperature of the sea exceeds 26°C, then a tropical cyclone is likely to develop.
  Temperaturen på havets overflade er på globalt plan steget med 0,6 % de sidste 100 år, hvilket betyder, at vi fremover sandsynligvis vil få langt hyppigere og stærkere orkaner.The temperature at the surface of the sea has increased at global level over the last 100 years to 0.6%, which means that we shall probably have much more frequent and stronger cyclones in future.

Definition of cyclone

• ''broad sense'') A weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a center of low atmospheric pressure
• A low pressure system
• A strong wind

Related words

• anticyclone
• mesocyclone
• hydrocyclone
• cyclonesque
• tropical cyclone
• bomb cyclone
• extratropical cyclone