Why is it called a typhoon?

Answer 1

Tornadoes are sometimes given unofficial names for the places they hit. For example one particularly destructive tornado from 2011 is know as the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado as it hit the cities of Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama.

Many tornadoes, though, especially minor ones, are not given such recognition. Though for purposes of record keeping they are often simply tagged with the date and time they occurred and the county or counties affected.

Answer 2

typhoons are named after number-based convention and a list-based convention.the latter conventionis more popular in mostcountries,such as human names for hurricanes,while the former is popular in Japan.both conventions,however,share the same problems of ambiguit.

Answer 3

The word cyclone is believed to have come from the Greek word kyklon which means "moving in a circle" or "whirling around". This is because a cyclone contains high winds which rotate, or "whirl around" a central eye.

Answer 4

Typhoons and hurricanes are the same. The storms are called hurricanes in the Atlantic and Typhoons in the Pacific. The name "typhoon" is an English version of the Japanese word pronounced "taifu".

Answer 5

in the beginning of the year.people draw up like 50 names.and everytime a tropical storm gets upgraded into a typhoon,they get a name off the list.or atleast that's what i heard.im not sure.ask a person who really knows or use your empty brain instead of stealing answers from other people!

Answer 6

The typhoons in the Philippines are named from A-Z.

Answer 7

It is a slight corruption of the Chinese "tai-fung" - "great wind".

Answer 8

The word typhoon comes from a Chinese word meaning "great wind."

Answer 9

The term "typhoon" originated from the Chinese word "tai fung," which means "great wind." It is used to describe a tropical cyclone in the western Pacific Ocean.