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No. A hurricane and a typhoon are really the same thing, only occurring in different parts of the world. A hurricane is a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 mph occurring in the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific. A typhoon is the exact same thing in the western Pacific.

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