Tornadoes are sometimes given unofficial names for the places they hit. For example one particularly destructive tornado from 2011 is know as the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado as it hit the cities of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama.
Many tornadoes, though, especially minor ones, are not given such recognition. Though for purposes of record keeping they are often simply tagged with the date and time they occurred and the county or counties affected.
typhoons are named after number-based convention and a list-based convention.the latter conventionis more popular in mostcountries,such as human names for hurricanes,while the former is popular in Japan.both conventions,however,share the same problems of ambiguit.
The word cyclone is believed to have come from the Greek word kyklon which means "moving in a circle" or "whirling around". This is because a cyclone contains high winds which rotate, or "whirl around" a central eye.
Typhoons and hurricanes are the same. The storms are called hurricanes in the Atlantic and Typhoons in the Pacific. The name "typhoon" is an English version of the Japanese word pronounced "taifu".
It is a slight corruption of the Chinese "tai-fung" - "great wind".
The word typhoon comes from a Chinese word meaning "great wind."
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Typhoon
A super typhoon is a typhoon with sustained winds of at least 150 mph.
People who study typhoons and weather are called meteorologists.
The center of a typhoon is the eye of the typhoon. Also known as The Eye of The Storm.
The words "cyclone" and "typhoon" are used interchangeably when referring to this weather phenomenon in the Philippines.
The center of a typhoon is called the eye.
The center of a typhoon is called the eye.
The Philippines is called the typhoon belt because it is in the typhoon belt in the Pacific Ocean. The typhoon belt is the area where most typhoons occur.
what is the most recent typhoon in japan called?
It's hurricane. NOT a Typhoon
No, Hurricanes are called typhoons in the east. So in Japan a hurricane would be called a typhoon.
typhoon..
hurricane
A Typhoon
typhoon?
That is a wonderful question. :) with reseach I can tell you it it called Typhoon Ketsana. By: flossyb.123