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Tropical cyclones begin to form on water. The water must be at least 80 degrees fahrenheit and have a depth of 150 feet.

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Are tropical storms over land or over water?

Tropical storms form over warm ocean water. They weaken rapidly if they hit land.


Why do cyclones occur in the coastal areas?

The most dangerous type of cyclone is a tropical cyclone such as a typhoon or hurricane. Tropical cyclones develop by feeding on the moisture that evaporates from warm ocean water. Moisture they cannot get over land. Upon hitting land these storm systems rapidly lose strength, so their worst impacts are usually confined to coastal areas.


What continents get hurricanes?

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.


Where do cyclones occur the most?

Tropical cyclones are most likely to occur over warm and moist, (tropical) seas and oceans. they do move across seas and builds up, but when the cyclones hits the land it will slow down and will loose energy :) hope this helped :)


What is the difference between hurricanes cyclones and tornadoes?

Tropical cyclone is the generic term for a hurricane. A hurricane is a tropical cyclone that occurs in the northern hemisphere in either the Atlantic Ocean or the Eastern Pacific and has sustained winds of at least 74 mph. In other parts of the world hurricane intensity tropical cyclones cyclones go by different names, such as typhoons. If a tropical cyclone has winds below 74 mph, it is called a tropical storm or tropical depression.

Related questions

Does a cyclone start at the water?

Not necessarily. Although tropical cyclones can only form over warm ocean water, extratropical cyclones can form over land.


Do tropical cyclones form over land?

no


Is tropical cyclones another way of saying Tornado?

No. A tropical cyclone is a storm such as a tropical storm, hurricane, or typhoon. In other words, a large-scale storm system the develops over warm ocean water. A tornado is a small-scale but intense vortex that is not necessarily tropical and can easily form over land.


Can a hurricane travel thro the world?

No. Hurricanes (also called tropical cyclones) form over warm water and dissolve over land.


Are tropical storms over land or over water?

Tropical storms form over warm ocean water. They weaken rapidly if they hit land.


Why do cyclones occur in the coastal areas?

The most dangerous type of cyclone is a tropical cyclone such as a typhoon or hurricane. Tropical cyclones develop by feeding on the moisture that evaporates from warm ocean water. Moisture they cannot get over land. Upon hitting land these storm systems rapidly lose strength, so their worst impacts are usually confined to coastal areas.


Why do cyclones eventually stop?

Once cyclones make landfall, they quickly lose intensity, and usually degenerate into a tropical depression, dumping heavy rain over an area. If they cross a relatively narrow peninsula, there is a good chance they will redevelop when they reach the open sea again.


Why do typhoons originate at sea?

Typhoons are tropical cyclones. In order to form and maintain themselves they need enormous amounts of moisture in the air. The amounts needed can only be found over warm ocean water. If a typhoon moves over land or cold water it will lose strength.


What continents get hurricanes?

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.


Where do cyclones occur the most?

Tropical cyclones are most likely to occur over warm and moist, (tropical) seas and oceans. they do move across seas and builds up, but when the cyclones hits the land it will slow down and will loose energy :) hope this helped :)


What is the difference between and a hurricane and cyclone?

A hurricane is a kind of cyclone, and there is more than one type. Pressure systems that develop over tropical waters, with tropical-related characteristics are tropical cyclones, which include tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons (western Pacific), etc., are called tropical cyclones. Systems that tend to develop in the multitudes with a jet stream, cold core, etc. are referred to as extra-tropical cyclones. These systems usually produce severe weather in the spring and fall, and severe winter weather in the winter. Unlike tropical cyclones, these can develop and become rather intense over land.


What forms over an ocean a hurricane or a tornado?

tropical depression