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    su·per·storm
    /ˈso͞opərˌstôrm/

    noun

    • 1. a powerful and destructive storm that affects an unusually large area: "Britain faces a growing threat from superstorms that could bring at least 10% more rain than today's worst downpours"

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  2. The meaning of SUPERSTORM is a very large and powerful storm. How to use superstorm in a sentence.

  3. Sep 20, 2018 · A superstorm is a huge, harsh, and powerful storm that usually causes damage over a large area. The name "superstorm" was introduced in 1993 by the National Weather Service to define massive and destructive storms.

  4. Superstorm definition: a very severe and widespread storm characterized by record-setting meteorological events and large-scale destruction. See examples of SUPERSTORM used in a sentence.

  5. An extremely powerful storm that causes widespread devastation.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  6. Oct 29, 2012 · Guide: What is a super-storm? 29 October 2012. NASA. It has caused devastation across the Caribbean and along America's east cost. But a variety of other weather factors have turned Hurricane...

  7. Hurricanes—Super Storms. By Thomas Hayden. 20 min read. Republished from the pages of National Geographic magazine. When the fiercest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic is bearing down on you,...

  8. Nov 22, 2012 · The term ‘superstorm’ isn’t strictly a scientific one, but a subjective name for a very destructive storm event. Hurricane Sandy was technically a tropical cyclone (a hurricane is the name given to tropical cyclones that form in the Atlantic or east Pacific).

  9. Define superstorm. superstorm synonyms, superstorm pronunciation, superstorm translation, English dictionary definition of superstorm. n an extremely powerful storm that causes widespread devastation Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins...

  10. Oct 21, 2014 · The Science of Monster Storms. Extreme weather events are nothing new, but they appear to be gaining strength. Scientists have risked life and limb to help us better understand—and better...

  11. NARRATOR: For seven days in the Fall of 2012, Hurricane Sandy pounded the Caribbean and US East Coast with punishing rain, wind, and waves. As the storm approached landfall, the National Hurricane Center renamed the hurricane "Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy."