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A hurricane and typhoon are really the same thing. Only a Hurricane occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or Pacific ocean east of the International Date Line. A typhoon is in the Pacific ocean west of the line.

A cyclone is virtually any cyclonic (counterclockwise rotation in the northern hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere) low -pressure system and is not necessarily severe or violent.

A hurricane (or typhoon) is a specific type of cyclone: a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 74 mph or more.

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