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A tsunami is a wave resultant from a storm. However, cyclones and typhoons are very similar with cyclones occurring in the Western Hemisphere and typhoons in the eastern. The major difference is that the eye of a cyclone is round, whereas the eye of a typhoon is slanted.

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