In the future, we could snuff out cyclones. But weather control comes with new risks

4 days, 6 hours ago

Intensity of cyclones may increase in future, shows IISc study

BENGALURU: Cyclones especially tropical cyclones, are large-scale phenomena with destructive impacts. A study by researchers from IISc shows that the mixing of oceans and cyclones is reducing the sea surface temperature and this is reducing evaporation, which will potentially increase the intensity of future cyclones. In the study titled- Enhanced Ocean Mixing During the Passage of Tropical Cyclone- the researchers …

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4 weeks ago

Cyclone Fengal approaches Tamil Nadu: How it got its name, meaning, all about it

India Today

Cyclone Fengal, currently forming over the Bay of Bengal, has garnered widespread attention not just for its meteorological implications but also for the story behind its name. This article explores who named Cyclone Fengal, what the name signifies, and the global system that underpins cyclone naming conventions. Regional Collaboration The Indian Ocean cyclone naming system involves 13 countries, each contributing …

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1 month ago

Bomb cyclone kills 2 and causes widespread power outages across northwest US

Daily Mail

A 'once in a decade' bomb cyclone has unleashed itself on several West Coast states, leaving hundreds of thousands of Americans without power and two dead. The bomb cyclone - so called because of its rapid intensification Tuesday - and has already caused significant damage as it moves toward Washington, Oregon and northern California. Storm surge crashes along the shores …

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1 month ago

‘Bomb cyclone’ slams western US, leaving two dead and 600,000 without power

Al Jazeera

Authorities warn that severe winds and heavy rains are expected across the northwestern United States through Friday. A powerful storm known as a “bomb cyclone” has killed at least two people and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands across the West Coast of the United States. “Back-to-back powerful Pacific storm systems to impact the West Coast through the end …

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2 months ago

Opinion: Hurricane misinformation is coming at a dangerous time

LA Times

A house toppled off its stilts in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton can be seen alongside an empty lot where a home was swept away by Hurricane Helene in Bradenton Beach on Anna Maria Island, Fla. With about six weeks remaining in this year’s Atlantic hurricane season, we’ve already experienced multiple historic storms, vividly illustrating that as humans have warmed …

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2 months ago

The Meaning and Origin of the Name 'Dana' in Cyclone Dana

India TV News

Cyclone Dana is expected to make landfall near Puri, Odisha, by October 24. The storm's name, Dana, originates from the Arabic word for pearl, signifying its preciousness and beauty. The name is part of an international system for naming cyclones, designed to facilitate communication and public awareness. The process of naming cyclones involves selecting culturally neutral and easy-to-pronounce names, ensuring …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Scientists say climate change boosted Milton rainfall and winds

Politico

The type of torrential rainfall from storms like Milton was twice as likely because of the 1.3 degrees Celsius of warming the world has experienced since the middle of the 19th century, WWA said. The findings come just days after the same research group found climate change also intensified Hurricane Helene, which like Milton intensified rapidly as it barreled toward …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Are hurricanes getting worse? Here’s what you need to know

NPR

Are hurricanes getting worse? Here’s what you need to know toggle caption Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Photo Hurricane Milton is bearing down on Florida, threatening some areas hit hard by Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago. Hurricane Helene hit the Big Bend area of Florida on Sept. 26 as a Category 4 storm, and went on to drive catastrophic flooding …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Australia faces more severe tropical cyclones despite 'average' season forecast, BOM warns

ABC

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting an "average" cyclone season across Australia's Top End, but has warned of the potential for more severe storm systems. The 2023/24 season produced six severe tropical cyclones, with Cyclone Jasper causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage across the Solomon Islands and Far North Queensland. "During an average year, that we're expecting this …

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5 months, 1 week ago

How climate change is rewriting the rules of extreme storms

BBC

How climate change is rewriting the rules of extreme storms Nasa/Matthew Dominick Hurricane Beryl was the first category five storm to form in June at the start of the Atlantic hurricane season The behaviour of the world's most powerful storms is evolving. As climate change increases temperatures, that extra moisture makes a difference – but the effect is small compared …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Increasing tropical cyclones of higher intensity necessitates a new category

The Hindu

Tropical cyclones are powerful and destructive weather systems that form over warm tropical ocean basins. As global warming continues unabated, can we expect tropical cyclones with an intensity of more than category 5? Simulations of future climate change suggest that the annual exceedance of the category 6 threshold will increase even more in the regions where intense tropical cyclones currently …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Australians warned to expect fewer but more ferocious cyclones

ABC

Frankie Shovellor lives in "cyclone alley" on Western Australia's northern coast. The Karajarri man said after the widespread destruction ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie rained on the north coast two years ago, Bidyadanga locals started to question life in the alley. "Unlike bushfires which prefer dry weather, cyclones require high moisture levels and high sea-surface temperatures … to form," Dr Lau said. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Something changed about cyclone formation in the 1990s | Explained

The Hindu

Numerous studies have reported trends in various climate variables over the Indian subcontinent. Scientists’ glossary of change A common term used by climate scientists these days is ‘anthropogenic trend’. Climate scientists also use the term ‘secular trend’, which is to say that a variable has been increasing for a certain period within a longer span, such as for 30 years …

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1 year, 3 months ago

The science behind Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons

India Today

Natural disasters such as cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons are formidable meteorological phenomena that can cause widespread devastation. HURRICANE Hurricanes are tropical cyclones that form over the North Atlantic Ocean and the Northeast Pacific Ocean. REGIONAL DIFFERENCES The primary difference between these terms lies in their geographic location: NORTH ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST PACIFIC Storms that develop in the North Atlantic Ocean …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Why hurricanes like Hilary have been so rare in California

LA Times

Big waves are seen at Medano beach before the arrival of Hurricane Hilary at Los Cabos resort in Baja California, Mexico, on Friday. Of course, as with any hurricane, there is some uncertainty as to Hilary’s path — in the so-called “spaghetti plot” that shows possible tracks the eye of the storm could pass west of Los Angeles and make …

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1 year, 4 months ago

How Global Warming Makes Hurricanes, Floods and Droughts Worse

Bloomberg

Scientists have predicted for decades that the burning of fossil fuels would push average temperatures ever higher and conjure dangerous extremes. Many heat waves, cyclones, floods, droughts and wildfires — including ones making headlines in 2023 — are now routinely tied to climate change. And heat, along with dryness and wind, fuels forest fires, which is why scientists have become …

Global Warming

1 year, 6 months ago

Marine heat waves may be favouring more cyclones in the Arabian Sea: INCOIS scientists

The Hindu

Marine heat waves could have provided a favourable condition for the cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ to form over the Arabian Sea and become a very severe cyclone, say scientists of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Systems under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. These events suggest that increased cyclogenesis over the Arabian Sea in the recent decade is linked to persistent …

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1 year, 6 months ago

How climate change made Arabian Sea conducive for severe cyclones

Hindustan Times

Arabian Sea was always relatively cooler in comparison to the Bay of Bengal in the north Indian Ocean until it started undergoing a major change of character around four decades ago. According to a paper in Elsevier’s Earth Science Reviews published last year, the sea surface temperatures over the Arabian Sea increased by 1.2°C to 1.4°C in recent decades compared …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | How does a cyclone affect the monsoon’s onset?

The Hindu

The impact of global warming on the monsoons are manifest in the onset, withdrawal, its seasonal total rainfall, and its extremes. We’re seeing cyclone formations in the pre-monsoon cyclone season, closer to the monsoon onset, arguably due to the influence of a warmer Arctic Ocean on winds over the Arabian Sea. For example, if a cyclone lies further north in …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Cyclone likely to develop over Bay of Bengal this month

Hindustan Times

A cyclone is likely to develop over the Bay of Bengal later this month even as it is unclear where will it land or which direction will it move in, India Meteorological Department has said. In a statement on Wednesday, IMD said a cyclonic circulation was likely to develop over the region around Saturday. It is likely to concentrate into …

India Imd Likely Bay Of Bengal

1 year, 8 months ago

‘No one was prepared’: Vanuatu feels cost of climate crisis

Al Jazeera

Twin cyclones hit the Pacific island nation already struggling to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Coming out of COVID, it was a bit of a risky thing to do, to buy a tourism business with no one in the country and having lockdowns for three years,” Philips told Al Jazeera. “We were prepared for other lockdowns as …

International Climate Cyclone Cruise Ships Damage Cyclones Hit

1 year, 8 months ago

Are storms getting more powerful and dangerous?

Al Jazeera

From Malawi to Mississippi, deadly cyclones are ravaging the planet. “Freddy was an unprecedented, deadly cyclone” caused by “a combination of Indian Ocean warming and perfect atmospheric conditions,” Nath told Al Jazeera. “This research was a first step towards attributing extreme hurricanes to human-caused climate change,” Pfleiderer told Al Jazeera. ‘Need more diverse voices’ To a large extent, the global …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Mauritius grounds flights as it braces for Cyclone Freddy

Al Jazeera

Flights halted and stock exchange shut as the tropical cyclone approaches, posing a ‘direct threat’ to the Indian Ocean island. Mauritius has grounded flights and shut its stock exchange as tropical Cyclone Freddy approaches, posing a “direct threat” to the Indian Ocean island. “As Freddy approaches Mauritius, storm surge is likely to cause coastal inundation in risk areas. In an …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Here’s what’s known about how climate change fuels tropical cyclones

The Hindu

Hurricane Ian hit Florida in September 2022 as one of the United States’ most powerful hurricanes on record, and it followed a two-week string of massive, devastating storms around the world. It is clear that climate change increases the upper limit on hurricane strength and rain rate and that it also raises the average sea level and therefore storm surge. …

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2 years ago

Cyclone Mandous: What's the difference between cyclone, hurricane and typhoon?

Hindustan Times

Cyclone Mandous continues to wreak havoc in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, as the storm crossed the states on Saturday after landfall. Andhra Pradesh's Venkatagiri-Gudur highway in Nellore, places in Chittoor district, and parts of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, remained affected by waterlogging and overflowing of rivers due to heavy rainfall, as per the news agency ANI. The second tropical …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Odisha issues alert to 7 districts over possible impact of Cyclone Sitrang

Hindustan Times

In the wake of weather reports predicting the formation of a cyclonic storm over Bay of Bengal, Odisha’s special relief commissioner, Pradeep Kumar Jena on Wednesday wrote to the collectors of seven districts that may be impacted by the storm to maintain high alert. The Odisha coast is likely to witness squally winds of 45 to 55 km per hour …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Hurricanes are getting stronger. Blame the climate crisis

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. These results point to what climate scientists say is a trend in hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons — different names …

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2 years, 6 months ago

How marine heatwave fuelled super cyclone Amphan

The Hindu

Rising greenhouse gas emission is the primary factor for anthropogenic climate change. Our study, published in the Frontiers in Climate, is the first study conducted in the Indian Ocean that investigates the interaction between a marine heatwave and super cyclone Amphan in the Bay of Bengal in May 2020. We have also compared the super cyclone Amphan to a previous …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Supecyclones may have much more devastating impact in India in future: Study

Hindustan Times

Super cyclones, the most intense form of tropical storms, are likely to have a much more devastating impact on people in India in the future due to climate change, according to a modelling study. The study presents a critical piece of evidence in support of ramping down greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the Paris Agreement climate goals, where other lines …

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2 years, 7 months ago

'Cyclone Won't Make Landfall in Odisha, Andhra But...': Here's What IMD Has to Say

News 18

The cyclonic storm brewing in the Bay of Bengal will not make landfall in either Odisha or Andhra Pradesh but will move parallel to the coast, the India Meteorological Department announced on Saturday. The system is likely to continue to move northwestwards till May 10 evening and thereafter it will recurve in the sea towards north-northeastwards. The IMD also said …

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2 years, 10 months ago

‘We need help': Another cyclone batters Madagascar

Associated Press

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Cyclone Emnati crashed into the southeastern coast of Madagascar in the early hours of Wednesday, ripping roofs off houses and raising fears of flooding and food shortages in a region still recovering from the destruction inflicted by another tropical storm just weeks ago. More than 30,000 people were moved to safe accommodation before Emnati arrived and Madagascar’s …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Hurricanes may become more common in northeastern US, major cities face new risk

Live Mint

When Hurricane Sandy made landfall near New York City almost a decade ago, bringing huge storm surges and 7 inches of rain that caused widespread flooding and blackouts, the superstorm was seen as an exceedingly rare event. “Places like New York, which are not in the deep tropics, have always had hurricanes, but only rarely," said Joshua Studholme, a Yale …

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3 years ago

Very severe cyclonic storms getting more frequent in Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea: Ministry

India Today

Climate change and rising temperatures are kicking up more and more cyclones in the Arabian Sea. Scientists analysed data of cyclones over the North Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea and found that even though there has been an increase in intensity and frequency of cyclones, however, it has not posed a corresponding increase in the coastal …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Reducing cyclone impacts: Double benefits of climate protection

India TV News

Increasing global warming from currently one to two degrees Celsius by mid-century might put about 25 per cent more people at risk of tropical cyclones, a new study has found out. However, emission reductions that would limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius could cumulatively protect over 1.8 billion people from exposure to tropical cyclones until the end of this …

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3 years, 2 months ago

High water: on growing challenge from tropical cyclones

The Hindu

Tropical cyclones laden with moisture and accumulated energy pose a growing challenge, as they have the propensity to inflict heavy damage to lives and property. There have been some distressing deaths and inevitable material losses for many, and the focus must now be on relief and rehabilitation; in the recovery phase of COVID-19, the weather system has upended life for …

Cyclone Tropical Cyclones

3 years, 4 months ago

Intensity of severe cyclonic storms increasing in North Indian Ocean region: Study

India Today

The intensity of severe cyclonic storms in the North Indian Ocean region has shown an increasing trend in the past four decades, according to a recent study by Indian scientists. A team of scientists, including Jiya Albert, Athira Krishnan, and Prasad K Bhaskaran from the Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture, IIT Kharagpur, jointly with K S Singh, Centre …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Weathering storms: The Hindu Editorial on disaster response

The Hindu

India’s capacity to withstand multiple, near-simultaneous shocks is being tested, with a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm, Yaas, striking Odisha, just a week after an even stronger Cyclone Tauktae wreaked havoc along the west coast. Governments are, no doubt, more sensitive to loss of life today and are raising the capacity of the disaster response forces, but much work needs to …

India Cyclone

3 years, 6 months ago

India Faced 117 Cyclones from 1970-2019, Over 40,000 Lives Lost, Finds Study

News 18

As many as 117 cyclones hit India in 50 years from 1970-2019 claiming over 40,000 lives, according to a study on extreme weather events, which also states the mortality rate due to tropical cyclones has come down significantly over the past 10 years. The study states that the number of deaths due to cyclones has come down significantly in the …

India Storm Tropical Cyclones Study Tropical Cyclones

3 years, 6 months ago

Five-fold increase of cyclones in Bengal: Study

India Today

The frequency of cyclones in 15 West Bengal districts, home to nearly 72 million people, has increased five-fold between 1970 and 2019 for which priority should be given to preserving the mangrove forests of Sunderbans which act as a natural coastal defence against flooding, an environmental think tank said on Thursday. "Also, West Bengal should accelerate implementation of the National …

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3 years, 7 months ago

‘Arabian Sea to get more severe cyclones’: Expert

Hindustan Times

One of the world’s top experts on cyclones, and the first to connect the climate crisis with an increased frequency of cyclones in the Arabian Sea, Hiroyuki Murakami, a climate scientist at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’ Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, spoke to Hindustan Times about Cyclone Tauktae and how India should prepare for such disasters in the …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Cyclones won't have any major impact on the onset of monsoon, say meteorologists

India Today

Cyclone Tauktae has hit several areas of the country this week, severely impacting lives in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa and Diu and even causing widespread rains in other states, including Delhi-NCR. At a time when normally monsoon system sets up in both the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the big question is that would the cyclonic systems affect the …

India Impact Gujarat Cyclone Monsoon Cyclones Cyclonic

3 years, 7 months ago

Stormy start: On handling severe cyclones

The Hindu

Millions of people wearied by the onslaught of the coronavirus have had to contend with a furious tropical cyclone that has left a trail of death and destruction before making landfall in Gujarat. Cyclone Tauktae swelled into an extremely severe cyclonic storm, dumping enormous volumes of water all along the west coast, and caused loss of life in Kerala, Karnataka, …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Climate change causing frequent cyclones as they draw energy from warm waters

Firstpost

Cyclone Tauktae could be the biggest to hit western India in three decades. “Now what is happening – the Arabian Sea temperatures, the ocean’s surface temperatures – are warming rapidly,” climate scientist Roxy Mathew Koll of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology told AFP. Rising sea levels could also boost storm surges from cyclones, making them even more deadly and …

India Water Storm Gujarat Cyclones Sea Surge

3 years, 7 months ago

Tauktae: Why Tropical Cyclones in Arabian Sea Are Increasing?

News 18

A powerful cyclonic system, Tauktae, is expected to make landfall in Gujarat late on Monday after barrelling up the Arabian Sea in the Indian Ocean. “Now what is happening — the Arabian Sea temperatures, the ocean’s surface temperatures — are warming rapidly,” climate scientist Roxy Mathew Koll of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology told AFP. The Arabian Sea also …

India Water Storm Gujarat Tropical Cyclones Sea

3 years, 8 months ago

Cyclones to bring more rain further south in future, say the weather experts

ABC

As a pack of tropical lows looms off the WA coast, the latest forecast is for the biggest, Tropical Cyclone Seroja, to continue south-west and turn towards the coast on Saturday. Key points: Tropical Cyclone Seroja is expected to interact with another tropical low before heading south and crossing the coast late this weekend The passage of these systems is …

Climate Change Storm Rain Cyclone Tropical Cyclones South

4 years ago

Cyclone Nivar | How preparedness took the edge off the storm

The Hindu

Since December 2015, Chennai residents have lived in fear of a monsoon crippling life as they know it. The Tamil Nadu government had deputed senior IAS officers and Ministers to coordinate preparatory measures like shifting of people from low-level and vulnerable areas to safer places, mobilising equipment and taking post-landfall measures along with the Collectors. Meanwhile, the 2015-like calamitous flooding …

Tamil Nadu Water Cyclone Damage Tamil Department Landfall

4 years, 1 month ago

‘On steroids’: Hurricanes are becoming turbocharged and harder to predict

Hindustan Times

When Hurricane Laura battered Louisiana in August, becoming the most powerful storm to ever make landfall in the US, forecasters were confounded by its behaviour. Laura’s behavior, known as rapid intensification, was likely exacerbated by climate change, according to some scientists, with warmer ocean waters causing storms to become super-charged. “People might decide not to evacuate for a Cat 1 …

Climate Change Climate Storm Hurricane Laura Davis 24 Hours

4 years, 2 months ago

The unlikely birthplace of the most destructive hurricanes

BBC

The unlikely birthplace of the most destructive hurricanes Nasa The most destructive and longest lived hurricanes begin their lives as disturbances in the atmosphere above Africa Tropical cyclones draw their devastating power from the warmth of the ocean, but many of these storms can be traced back to a desert thousands of miles from where they cause damage. Alamy Hurricane …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Cyclones can be predicted four months ahead, thanks to new Australasian model

ABC

Cyclones have been notoriously hard to predict over decades, but a new scientific model could prove to be a circuit-breaker, particularly in the cyclone-battered Pacific. Key points: Cyclone modelling has traditionally been difficult due to complex interactions between the sea and atmosphere A new Australia-New Zealand forecast model now synthesizes these interactions simultaneously This could strengthen the Pacific's preparedness for …

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In the future, we could snuff out cyclones. But weather control comes with new risks

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