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Nov 21, 2007 ... Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones (note upper case) are the same thing but are termed by where they exist. The tropical cyclone is called a hurricane (if ...
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Tropical cyclone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hurricane-like storms are called by different names in the different regions of the world. For example, the name "hurricane" is given to systems that develop over the Atlantic or the eastern Pacific Oceans.
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Hurricanes, typhoons and tropical cyclones are different names for the same type of storm. A tropical cyclone is called a hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean, South Pacific Ocean, or the Northeast Pacific Ocean on the eastern side of the dateline.
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Tropical cyclones are violent whirling storms, several hundred of kilometers in diameter, that develop over tropical waters. Viewed from satellites high above the earth, a tropical cyclone appears as a powerful, ... The most violent activity takes place in the area immediately around the eye, called the eye wall. Here,
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- Over/reached (64kmph) are called ~: "hurricane" (the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E) ; "typhoon" (the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline) ; ... What is the difference between cyclone, hurricane and typhoon?
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Hurricanes and Typhoons are both Tropical Cyclones. To learn where a tropical cyclone is called a hurricane and where it's called a typhoon, refer to A Storm by Any Other Name.
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