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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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Are tornadoes and hurricanes one storm or the other?
Tornadoes and hurricanes are different weather phenomena. Tornadoes are rotating columns of air that extend from a thunderstorm to the ground, while hurricanes are large, rotating storms that form over warm ocean waters. They are not the same and have different characteristics and impacts.
Does the catastrophe have weather geologic or hurricanes cause of a tornado?
Tornadoes are produced by weather patterns. This can include hurricanes. Other catestrophes may have different causes.
Is the sense hurricanes of the swirl different in the Southern Hemisphere?
Yes, hurricanes and other cyclones in the Northern hemisphere swirl counterclockwise while in the southern hemisphere they swirl clockwise.
Where do hurricanes form in June?
Hurricanes can form in June in different regions, depending on the ocean temperatures. In the Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific, hurricanes can form near the Gulf of Mexico and off the west coast of Central America. In the western Pacific, hurricanes can form near the Philippines and in the South China Sea.
What is the name of the scale used to measure hurricanes and tornadoes?
Hurricanes and tornadoes are rated on different scales. Hurricanes are rated on the Saffir-Simpson scale from category 1 to category 5. Tornadoes are rated on the Enhanced Fujita scale (formerly the Fujita scale) from EF0 to EF5.
What effects do large bodies of water have on the land nearby?
Water can cause hurricanes, typhones and droughts. Water can provide essential water to land life on it.
What is the different between hurricane and hurricanes?
Hurricane refers to one Hurricane, While Hurricanes refers to two or more hurricanes.
Do tornadoes relate to hurricanes?
Not really. Although hurricanes and tornadoes have some notable similarities, they are completely different phenomena. It is not uncommon for hurricanes to produce tornadoes, but most tornadoes are not a result of hurricanes.
Are hurricanes huge tornadoes?
No. Hurricanes and tornadoes are two different types of storm. Size is not the only difference.
Are tornadoes and hurricanes one storm or the other?
Tornadoes and hurricanes are different weather phenomena. Tornadoes are rotating columns of air that extend from a thunderstorm to the ground, while hurricanes are large, rotating storms that form over warm ocean waters. They are not the same and have different characteristics and impacts.
Are tornadoes and hurricanes both vortices?
Yes. Both tornadoes and hurricanes are vortices, though they are on entire different scales.
Are there any other countries apart from japan that calls hurricanes typhoons?
hurricanes and typhoons are two different things.
Are hurricanes and typhoons the same?
They are the same, but they have a different name.
What is different name given to typhoons in America?
hurricanes
Do hurricanes occur in the same or different places?
the same
Are hurricanes twisters?
No. A twister is a tornado. Hurricanes are a completely different kind of storm. See the related question for more information on the difference.
Do typhoons get named?
Yes, though the naming system is different from that of hurricanes.
