what is the difference between a cyclone, hurricane and a typhoon?
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cyclone: an atmospheric system characterized by the rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center, usually accompanied by stormy, often destructive weather. Cyclones circulate counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. \n\nhurricane: a severe tropical cyclone originating in the equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea or eastern regions of the Pacific Ocean, traveling north, northwest, or northeast from its point of origin, and usually involving heavy rains. \n\ntyphoon: a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.
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The storms comparable to hurricanes that originate in the Pacific ocean are called typhoons.  \n\nI am sorry to say that it looks like Japan might have another very severe typhoon season this year.  In one very recent year they had far more than normal.\n\nOn rare occasions hurricanes can cross from the Carribean into the Pacific and regain strength becoming typhoons and vice versa.\n\nI believe they are called typhoons also when they hit China and the Philippines.\n\nFor Australia and India they are called cyclones, and that is also the generic name for all three.\n\nTyphoons can be the most spectacularly strong of all cyclones, and certainly hold the record for size.  Not difficult to understand when you consider the size of the Pacific Ocean and the fact that it is subject to heating as are the Atlantic and the Carribean, Gulf of Mexico.\n\nYou can monitor the potential for these by using the AVISO urls (sea level anomalies) found at my weather blog:\n\nhttp://360.yahoo.com/ki_te_moana\n\nThere is comprehensive weather info there if you take the time to delve into the blog and the Blog Roll.
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hurricanes = atlantic ocean\ntyphoon = indian ocean\ncyclone = pacific ocean
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THUNDERING TYPHOONS.......:)
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it's called the 'eye' of the storm, and it's calmer than any other clear day. say you're on the ocean and you're in a hurricane. you find yourself in the eye of the storm... there is no movement. the sun is shining, there is no wind, the ocean is still.
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Extratropical cyclones- storms that have frontal interactions, sometimes called midlatitude cyclones\nTropical cyclones- hurricanes, tropical storms; these have no frontal zones and are usually found in "source regions" during tropical season.\nCyclones and disturbances are not limited to the surface and can occur at any level in the atmosphere.
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There are no hurricanes or typhoons on the western American coast to speak of because the sea water there is a lot colder than the caribbean and Atlantic nearby. It is the uptake of warm water which makes ordinary low pressure areas into hurricanes.\n\nOn the Asian shores of the Pacific Ocean, there are several warm (and comparatively shallow) seas which give regular rise to typhoons, following much the same rules as hurricanes.
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The F scale to which you're refering is for tornado's, not hurricanes. Although hurricanes are by catagory 1-5. The F is for the initial for the Japanese scientist who created the "Fujita" scale, for damage done by tornado's. F1 being the slowest wind speed, doing the least amount of damage, F5 being the fastest wind speed, therefore doing the most damage.
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The term cyclone refers to an area of low pressure in which winds spiral inwards towards the center.\n\nTornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons, extra-tropical low pressure systems are all types of cyclones.
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wind damage for some distance inland with most of the damage close to shore.  The storm surge can tear down buildings and drag them to the sea and it can wash large amount of beach out to sea (extreme erosion).  The rainfall can cause flooding in low lieing areas.\n\nIt depends on the category of the storm (1 being weakest wind, 5 being strongest), how close to shore you are, the geography of the region, the preparedness of the region hit (places that are hit often have building codes that minimize damage) and how slow the storm is moving.  A hurricane that decides to just sit on you for awhile can do a lot of damage.
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A storm is any disturbed state of a planet's atmosphere, especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. It may be marked by strong wind (a wind storm), thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation, such as ice (ice storm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere (as in a dust storm, snowstorm, hailstorm, etc).\n\nFormation\nStorms are created when a center of low pressure develops, with a system of high pressure surrounding it. This combination of opposing forces can create winds and result in the formation of storm clouds, such as the cumulonimbus. Small, localized areas of low pressure can form from hot air rising off hot ground, resulting in smaller disturbances such as dust devils and whirlwinds.\n\nYou could get more information from the link below...
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A front is a bank of cloud that seperates warm air and cold air. A cyclone is the name given to hurricanes in the Indian and Oceanian Oceans.
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Hurricanes (Atlantic Ocean) and typhoons (Pacific Ocean) are both cyclonic large low pressure cells exceeding a certain sustained wind speed.  Storms are similar, but smaller and with less sustained winds.  Sailors use the Beaufort Scale to separate intensity of weather systems.
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Relax honey ! Just go to this one webpage, and you will get all the details you need :\nhttp://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone\nBest of luck, dear !\n:-))
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Yea, i heard about it once i was old enough to understand what a typhoon actually does.\nHAVE A NICE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :}
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Hurricane and Typhoon names are selected by members of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).  This group is part of the United Nations.  The local or government meteorological organization will submit a name to the WMO after one has been retired off the lists maintained by the WMO.  The WMO will add the name and make it official.
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First, it's Tidal Wave not "title",and a Tsunami is another name for that type of "wave". Now, a Monsoon is the same as a Hurricane except they originate in the Pacific Ocean.\n\nTidal Wave, not the tide. Tidal Wave refers to waves larger than 30 feet. It used to be the common name for it, until most oceanographers began to agree the term was not being used correctly, as this occurence has nothing to do with tides.