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December 28, 2012

Great Arctic Cyclone 'Unprecedented'

Michael Lemonick, Climate Central


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It’s known as the Great Arctic Cyclone, and when it roared out of Siberia last August, storm watchers knew it was unusual. Hurricane-like storms are very common in the Arctic, but the most powerful of them (which are still far less powerful than tropical hurricanes) tend to come in winter.

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