Remember last year’s cyclone season and all those pumping east and northeast swells of late 2016 and early 2017? No? Me neither. That’s because last season was virtually devoid of notable tropical ...

The National Hurricane Center began using this terminology in 2017 to issue advisories on non-tropical systems near land.

This is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, a series where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au Who calls cyclones ...