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A Hurricane is exactly the same as a Cyclone. Cyclones are in the East Indies (Indonesia & thereabouts) & Hurricanes are in the West Indies, the Carribean & the Gulf of Mexico. It is a huge depression in low pressure with massively high winds rotating around the centre.

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