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No, hurricanes and typhoons are the same type of storm. The only difference is that a hurricane occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or the Eastern Pacific Ocean, while a Typhoon occurs in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Hurricanes and other cyclones spin counterclockwise north of the equator and clockwise south of it.

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