A Typhoon is a name used in East Asia for a hurricane. It is a type of tropical cyclone occurring in the western regions of the Pacific Ocean. A typhoon is similar to a hurricane in levels of destructiveness. The word typhoon comes from the Chinese term tai-fung meaning great wind. See "What is a cyclone?" for a fuller definition.A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the western part of the North Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E
a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
as hurricane , in Western Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Pacific Coast as Willi Willies in Australia as Typhoon in (Japan) West Pacific and China Sea as Cyclone in the Indian Ocean and the bay of Bengal
A Typhoon is a name used in East Asia for a hurricane. It is a type of tropical cyclone occurring in the western regions of the Pacific Ocean. A typhoon is similar to a hurricane in levels of destructiveness. The word typhoon comes from the Chinese term tai-fung meaning great wind. See "What is a cyclone?" for a fuller definition.A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops in the western part of the North Pacific Ocean between 180° and 100°E
There are no tropical cyclones that form in the Pacific Northwest and travel west. Tropical cyclones typically form in tropical regions and move towards the west, north, or northwest. The Pacific Northwest, which includes states like Washington and Oregon, is too far north for tropical cyclone formation.
A tropical cyclone off the coast of China is called a typhoon. Typhoons are the same as hurricanes and cyclones, but they are specifically referred to as typhoons in the western Pacific Ocean.
a tropical storm.. if it was a hurricane-status in the atlantic, it would be called a typhoon.
It is called a hurricane if it is in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific and a typhoon if it is in the western Pacific.
cyclones. These terms refer to the same weather phenomenon but are used in different regions of the world. Hurricanes are called typhoons in the western North Pacific Ocean and cyclones in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.
Cyclone is the generic name for severe tropical storms which occur around Australia and south of the equator in the western Pacific and southeast Indian Ocean.
Cyclones in the western hemisphere are generally called hurricanes.
The natural disaster described is a typhoon, which is a severe tropical cyclone that occurs in the western Pacific Ocean. Typhoons are named after the Chinese word "tai-fung," meaning great wind.