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Typhoons
No, typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclone are all the exact same thing except where they originate in the world.
Typhoons cannot form over land and therefore cannot form over mountains; they can only form over warm ocean water. A typhoon that moves over a mountainous area will lose strength very quickly as the high terrain will force it to drop most of its moisture as rain.
In a way. Hurricanes and typhoons are the same type of storm, only occurring in different parts of the world. The term cyclone has a broader definition that includes hurricanes and typhoons, but also other types of storm.
No. Hurricanes form over water, not land. However Typhoons (essentially the same thing as a hurricane) can form over the Pacific ocean and strike southeast Asia.
Hurricanes, typhoons, or cyclones, depending on which part of the world they form.
Hurricanes, typhoons, or cyclones, depending on which part of the world they form.
China, Japan, and the Philippines
Pretty much, yes, however, in that part of the world they are called typhoons.
No. Typhoons are tropical cyclones, and as such can only form over warm ocean water.
Typhoons can form anywhere in the world, however, they are only called that if they occur in the Pacific Ocean north of the equator and west of the International Date Line. A storm of the same type in the southern hemisphere is called a cyclone.
The noun 'typhoon' is a count noun, the plural form is 'typhoons'. There can be one typhoon, several typhoons, or a series of typhoons.
"Cyclone"
By the order that they form.
Hurricanes,typhoons, and cyclones
typhoons
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