Spin in the storm's updraft is enhanced when the air entering the base of the updraft is from the south, while the winds further aloft are flowing from west to east.

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Broke but not broken, Munk and Gilmour cofounded South Pacific Hotels in 1969, riding an updraft in international air travel.

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Solar updraft towers generate power from air that is heated to high temperature beneath the membrane-covered collectors.

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