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Cyclones in the western hemisphere are generally called hurricanes.
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.
Tropical cyclones typically occur over tropical waters between 5 degrees and 22 degrees latitude, except for in the southeast Pacific and south Atlantic. They commonly occur off the northwest coast of Western Australia, in the Gulf of Carpentaria and in the Coral Sea.
Australia (Western Australia and Queensland)
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.
Typhoons, cyclones, and hurricanes are the same thing. Typhoons occur in the western Pacific Ocean Hurricanes occur in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico; intense form of tropical storm Cyclones occur near the Indian Ocean and Australia. They need very warm ocean water and an air disturbance to keep warm air rising to last.
a tropical storm.. if it was a hurricane-status in the atlantic, it would be called a typhoon.
Tropical cyclones (the generic term for hurricanes and similar storms) are most common in the western portions of oceans in the tropics. Such storms are called hurricanes in the Atlantic ocean and the eastern Pacific hurricane.
The name varies with where they occur. In the waters of the Atlantic and eastern Pacific in the northern hemisphere such storms are called hurricanes. In the western Pacific north of the equator they are called typhoons. In the southern Pacific and Indian Oceans they are simply called cyclones.
the continent of Michael land gets the most hurricanes and erikaopolis get the least Most U.S. - affecting hurricanes originate off the southwest coast of Africa. "Michael Land" is another name for South Africa.
The term typhoon is reserved for intense tropical cyclones occurring in the western Pacific ocean. Such a storm occurring in the Atlantic basin, including the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, is called a hurricane.
Such storms are overall called tropical cyclones. They go by different names in different regions. In the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific they are called hurricanes. In the western Pacific they are called typhoons. In the southern Pacific and Indian Oceans they simply are called cyclones.