What do we call the huge rotating masses of low pressure characterized by strong winds and torrential rains that are the largest storm systems on Earth?

a) Hurricanes in North and South America
b) Typhoons in the Western Pacific
c) Cyclones in the Indian Ocean
d) A, B, and C
e) The El Nino Southern Oscillation


D

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