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No. A typhoon is neither underwater, not a tornado. Rather, a typhoon is essentially the same thing as a hurricane. It is a large and intense tropical storm system that brings powerful winds, torrential rain, and large waves. A typhoon is much larger than a tornado and is its own self-sustaining weather system.

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Which continent has never had a typhoon and tornado?

Antarctica has never recorded a tornado or a tropical cyclone (hurricane or typhoon).


What is the analogy of Tsunami is to water as cyclone is to?

Tornado. Both are intense weather phenomena characterized by powerful swirling winds, but a tornado occurs on land while a cyclone (hurricane or typhoon) occurs over water.


Is a typhoon a tsunami or tornado?

well, technically they ARE natural disasters, but the specific damage they cause is water/flood damage and wind damage


Was there a typhoon or tornado ın antarctıca?

No. Antarctica is too cold for tornadoes and especially typhoons.


What is the difference between a typhoon and a tornado and how they similar to each other?

A typhoon is a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 mph ocurring in the Pacfic Ocean north of the equator and west of 180 degrees. This means a typhoon is the same thing as a hurricane, only occurring in a different part of the world.A tornado is a violently rotating column of air connecting to the base of a thunderstorm to the ground.Differences between typhoons and tornadoesA typhoon is its own self-sustaining storm system while a tornado is dependent on a larger parent storm cell, which in turn is usually part of a larger sytem.A typhoon is a large-scale system typically a few hundred miles across while a tornado is a small-scale vortex typically no more than a few hundred yards wide.A typhoon takes several days to form and will last for days, sometimes weeks. A tornado typically lasts a few minutes, and rarely more than an hour.A typhoon can only form over warm ocean water, while a tornado usually forms over land.A typhoon causes damage though a combination of powerful winds and flooding from storm surge and heavy rain. A tornado causes damage through wind and debris carried by the wind.Unlike a typhoon, a tornado does not produce rain, though is usually accompanied by it.Tornadoes can produce far stronger winds than typhoons, in some cases exceeding 300 mph.Surface level winds in a typhoon are mostly horizontal, while wind in a tornado has a significant upward component.Wind shear is needed to produce tornadoes, but will cause a typhoon to fall apart.A tornado is often made visible by a characteristic condensation funnel, which is not somthng that occurs with a typhoon.Similarities:Both produce powerful, damaging windsBoth rotate in a cyclonic fashion, that is counterclockwise for those in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern. A typhoon, by definition, occurs in the northern hemisphere, but the same type of storms do occur in the southern hemisphere,only going by different names.The winds in both revolve around a center of low pressure.Both have some upward movement of air.Both get their energy from warm, moist air, though it is less direct for tornadoes.

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what continent has never had a typhoon or a tornado?

Antarctica has never had a typhoon or tornado, at least not for millions of years.


Which continent has never had a typhoon and tornado?

Antarctica has never recorded a tornado or a tropical cyclone (hurricane or typhoon).


What is the name of a wind that starts with a T?

Tornado Typhoon


What is the analogy of Tsunami is to water as cyclone is to?

Tornado. Both are intense weather phenomena characterized by powerful swirling winds, but a tornado occurs on land while a cyclone (hurricane or typhoon) occurs over water.


What is a catastrophes?

Typhoon, Flood, Earthquake, Tornado and many more.


Which continent never had a typhoon or a tornado?

The only continent that has never has a recorded tornado or tropical cyclone is Antarctica.


Is there a continent that has never had a typhoon or tornado?

Antarctica is the only continent that has never had a typhoon or tornado. Its extremely cold climate and lack of significant landmass suitable for the formation of such weather events make it highly unlikely for them to occur there.


What weather words start with a t?

· temperature · thunder · thunderstorm · tornado · tornado alley · trade winds · turbulence · typhoon


Is a typhoon a tsunami or tornado?

well, technically they ARE natural disasters, but the specific damage they cause is water/flood damage and wind damage


Was there a typhoon or tornado ın antarctıca?

No. Antarctica is too cold for tornadoes and especially typhoons.


Which continent has never had a typhoon or tornado?

Antarctica has never experienced typhoons or tornadoes due to its extreme cold temperatures and lack of typical weather patterns that can create these weather events.


What are other names for a hurricane?

cyclone. gale. storm. tornado. twister. blow. tempest. typhoon.