Because if left to the people you'ld get names like "Carrot head" or "Bonza"
No. As you might expect from the name, tropical storms do not stray too far from the tropics.
The generic name for a hurricane is tropical cyclone. This name also applies to tropical storms and tropical depressions.
Tropical cyclone, though the term also applies to weaker categories: tropical depressions and tropical storms.
Tropical cyclone, though the term also applies to weaker categories: tropical depressions and tropical storms.
Hurricanes and storms have often been named after Saints, such as San Felipe. To get a tropical storm named after them, one would have to contact the Tropical Prediction Center in Miami, Florida, who are the organization who name storms.
Hurricanes and other tropical cyclones such as typhoons are just about the only storms that get names.
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.
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.
A tropical cyclone is another name for a hurricane. When massive storms grow in the Atlantic, they're known as hurricanes. However, then storms that large build in the Pacific, they're known as typhoons.
Hurricanes and tropical storms are both named. Hurricanes have more detailed and already thought of names, while tropical storms aren't as important.