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A hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone ,which is a generic term for a low pressure system that generally forms in the tropics.
A hurricane is an intense, rotating oceanic weather system.
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What is a cyclone called in Asia?
In the Far East, a hurricane is called a typhoon. Hurricanes and typhoons are types of tropical cyclones. In other regions of the world, such as the Caribbean area or parts of the North Atlantic Ocean, these storms are called hurricanes.
What do hurricanes typhoons and tropical cyclones have in common answers?
Tropical cyclone is a generic term that includes both hurricanes and typhoons. Both hurricanes and typhoons are classified as tropical cyclones with sustained winds of at least 74 mph. The only difference is that a hurricane is in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific while a typhoon is in the western Pacific.
What are some of the terms used in reference to hurricanes?
The name of a violent tropical storm is given based on the size of the storm. Some tropical storms are known as hurricanes, some are known as typhoons, and some are known as cyclones.
What are powerful rotating storms in the pacific ocean called?
A Hurricane or a Typhoon or a Cyclone.
Do countries below the equator have hurricanes typhoons etc?
Yes. Hurricane and typhoon are just special names for intense tropical cyclones. Tropical cyclones occur in both the northern and southern hemisphere, though the terms hurricane and typhoon are only used for storms in particular ocean basins in the northern hemisphere.
Does Jamaica have more hurricanes or cyclones?
Hurricanes because its tropical
Do tropical areas get hurricanes cyclones and typhoons?
Hurricanes and typhoons occur in tropical areas, but can move into extratropical areas as well. There are different types of cyclone, however. Tropical cyclones (hurricanes, typhoons, tropical storms and tropical depressions) form in tropical regions but extratropical and polar lows are cyclones as well.
Do hurricanes gain strength by tropical cyclones?
No. A hurricane is a tropical cyclone.
Are all hurricanes cyclones and tornadoes named?
No. All hurricanes and other tropical cyclones above tropical depression strength get named, however extratropical cyclones are not named. Tornadoes never get names.
Are there cyclones or hurricanes in Denmark?
There are mid-latitude or extratropical cyclones in Denmark, but hurricanes are a tropical phenomenon and cannot get that far north.
What are other names for hurricanes?
They can be called, hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons and willy-willies
What are hurricanes called in other parts of the world?
In the Pacific they are called typhoons. Generically, hurricanes and typhoons are both tropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone is the generic term for a non-frontal, synoptic scale, low-pressure system over tropical or sub-tropical waters with organized convection (i.e. thunderstorm activity) and definite cyclonic surface wind circulation.
