The word hurricane comes from an old Spanish word, huracan, the word indigenous inhabitants of Spain used to refer to evil spirits and the weather gods. They were the first to use this word to specifically relate to the violent storms that sank Spanish ships in the Caribbean.
It is possible that the word actually originated from the Mayan culture. In Mayan mythology, Huracan is the name of the god of storm. He was generally considered to be more like the winds and the storms themselves. In the Mayan language, his name means "one legged". The word hurricane is derived from Huracan's name.
Aside from the name, not much is different. Both are severe tropical systems that have wind speeds greater than 74 mph.
They are called "hurricanes" in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. But once your go west across the International Dateline and into the western Pacific Ocean, they're called typhoons.
Typhoons generally tend to be stronger than hurricanes, but only because there's warmer water in the western Pacific and are better conditions for storm development.
The word hurricane comes from the Taino Indian word hurakan, meaning "big wind."
Because they occur in the tropics, i.e. the area between the Tropic Of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Tropical storms generally move away from the equator, though the direction of travel varies. They are called tropical storms because the form in or near the tropics over warm ocean water and have tropical characteristics such as a warm core whereas extratropical systems (outside the tropics) generally have a cold core.
They are mostly called tropical storms or cyclones.
Pacific Ocean intense tropical storms are called cyclones. In the Atlantic they are called hurricanes.
No. Tropical storms develop over warm ocean water and don't remain tropical storms more than a couple hundred miles inland. Even then, Minnesota gets its fair share of nasty storms, including tornadoes, even if it does not get tropical storms.
The difference between tropical storms and Hurricanes are simply the strength and/or size. Some tropical storms strengthen, and develop into Hurricanes, while some Hurricanes, as they weaken, fall into the area of tropical storms.
Because they occur in the tropics, i.e. the area between the Tropic Of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Tropical storms generally move away from the equator, though the direction of travel varies. They are called tropical storms because the form in or near the tropics over warm ocean water and have tropical characteristics such as a warm core whereas extratropical systems (outside the tropics) generally have a cold core.
They are mostly called tropical storms or cyclones.
A hurricane
In Asia tropical storms are called "Typhoons".
Because they occur in the tropics, i.e. the area between the Tropic Of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Pacific Ocean intense tropical storms are called cyclones. In the Atlantic they are called hurricanes.
No. Tropical storms develop over warm ocean water and don't remain tropical storms more than a couple hundred miles inland. Even then, Minnesota gets its fair share of nasty storms, including tornadoes, even if it does not get tropical storms.
Not exactly. A tropical storm is indeed a kind of storm, but not all storms are tropical storms.
The difference between tropical storms and Hurricanes are simply the strength and/or size. Some tropical storms strengthen, and develop into Hurricanes, while some Hurricanes, as they weaken, fall into the area of tropical storms.
Tropical storms in the northern hemisphere rotate counterclockwise while those in the Southern Hemisphere rotate clockwise.
Tropical storms in the northern hemisphere rotate counterclockwise while those in the Southern Hemisphere rotate clockwise.