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Someone had this theory about Rumple, being able to create them, but that still remains unknown. They could be created by magic, as Zelena was crying (as a baby) a cyclone emerged. They also could happen at certain times too. Cora abandoned her daughter in the middle of the forest. I think she knew that a cyclone was coming, and that is why she abandoned her there. The circumstances of the cyclone that took Dorothy to Oz, remains unknown as well. As she doesn't seem to have magic (or did, but Zelena tricked her into leaving before she could discover her power). I don't think Dorothy summoned it however, unless she had some sort of emotional breakdown, and then a cyclone came by. It could have been a regular tornado in Kansas, but happened to take her to Oz. Regina in 1.09 kind of displayed something similar, but less powerful, when she sent Hansel and Gretel to the Infinite Forest, but if she were to summon a cyclone, she probably would have done that already.  