hyperhurricane

Hypercane.

Noun

  1. Hypercane.
    • One of the proposed consequences of an increase in sea surface temperature is the existence of hyperhurricanes: that there would be, should be, many more very intense hurricanes, much more intense than we have ever seen...
    • And if you thought the ice was hostile, picture this. With searing temperatures and soaring levels of CO2 would come torrents of acidic rain and howling hyperhurricanes. - 1999, New Scientist,Volume 164, Issues...
    • Combine that with the arrival of a hyperhurricane period, says Gray, and "it is inevitable that we are going to see, in the years ahead, hurricane damage like we've never seen before." - 1999 September 26, Sharon...

Origin

From hyper- + hurricane.

Forms

hyperhurricanes hyper hurricane hyper-hurricane