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This is because of somewhat tricky terminology. The term hurricane applies to a certain type of storm that occurs in the north hemisphere in the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean, which is in the general vicinity of the U.S. The same type of storm occurring in different parts of the world goes by different names such as typhoon, cyclone, or tropical cyclone.

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