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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 is a tropical cyclone off the coast of China called?
A tropical cyclone off the coast of China is called a typhoon. Typhoons are the same as hurricanes and cyclones, but they are specifically referred to as typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean.
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 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 do hurricanes and cyclones and typhoons have in common?
Ahurricane and a typhoon are essentially the same type of storm, that is tropical cyclones with winds of at least 74 mph. Both are kinds of cyclones. A cyclone is a low pressure system that rotates counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere..
What are very large tropical cyclones with winds called?
hurricanes
What are more deadly hurricanes or cyclones?
A hurricane is a kind of tropical cyclone. Though they do tend to be deadlier than tropical cyclones, there are exceptions.
