what is the difference between a hurricane and a cyclone?
403521
There is no difference. A hurricane is just called different things in different parts of the world.
642415
Typhoons occur in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean; Hurricanes occur in the Atlantic Ocean.
942290
What kind of storm? A tornado of sufficient force can certainly blow you away - heck, powerful tornados can even pick up entire trucks. A hurricane might not quite pick you up and deposit you somewhere, but its strong winds can knock you off your feet, especially in the midst of all that rain and water from the storm surge.
425858
cyclones are the same as tornadoes and occur on land.\n\ntyphoons are the same as hurricanes and occur along the coastline.  In the western hemisphere we call the hurricanes (like in the Americas). In the eastern hemisphere they are called typhoons (like in India).
376969
there is shear instead. This is a strong jet of air that is blowing directly over the cyclone, and ripping the tops off the deep convection. This has the effect of breaking down the whole mechanism. This is known as vertical, or southwesterly shear.
1071536
They are called extra-tropical systems. An extra-tropical system would not normally have hurricane characteristics, such as an eye, therefore would not be called a hurricane...unless it developed into a warm core system. Easy, huh?
966354
A storm is any disturbed state of a planet's atmosphere, especially affecting its surface, and strongly implying severe weather. It may be marked by strong wind (a wind storm), thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm), heavy precipitation, such as ice (ice storm), or wind transporting some substance through the atmosphere (as in a dust storm, snowstorm, hailstorm, etc).\n\nFormation\nStorms are created when a center of low pressure develops, with a system of high pressure surrounding it. This combination of opposing forces can create winds and result in the formation of storm clouds, such as the cumulonimbus. Small, localized areas of low pressure can form from hot air rising off hot ground, resulting in smaller disturbances such as dust devils and whirlwinds.\n\nYou could get more information from the link below...
298817
Yes.\n\nNot just hurricanes and cyclones, but extreme weather in general. More heat means more evaporation of the ocean water. More water in the atmosphere means stronger weather.
557687
In meteorology, a tropical cyclone is a storm system with a closed circulation around a center of low pressure, fueled by the heat released when moist air rises and condenses. The name underscores their origin in the tropics and their cyclonic nature. They are distinguished from other cyclonic storms such as nor'easters and polar lows by the heat mechanism that fuels them, which makes them "warm core" storm systems.\n\nDepending on their strength and location, a tropical cyclone can be called a tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane, or typhoon, among other names.\n\nTropical cyclones can produce extremely high winds, tornadoes, torrential rain (leading to mudslides and flash floods), and drive storm surge onto coastal areas. Though the effects on populations and ships can be catastrophic, tropical cyclones have been known to relieve drought conditions. They carry heat away from the tropics, an important mechanism of the global atmospheric circulation that maintains equilibrium in the environment.\n\nthey r just d same\n\nTerms used in weather reports for tropical cyclones that have surface winds over 64 knots (73.6 mph) or 32 m/s vary by region:\n\nHurricane: Atlantic basin and North Pacific Ocean east of the International date line \nTyphoon: Northwest Pacific west of the dateline \nSevere tropical cyclone: Southwest Pacific west of 160°E and the southeast Indian Ocean east of 90°E \nSevere cyclonic storm: North Indian Ocean \nTropical cyclone: Southwest Indian Ocean and the South Pacific east of 160°E. \nCyclone (unofficially): South Atlantic Ocean \nThere are many regional names for tropical cyclones, including baguio in the Philippines and Taino in Haiti.
56066
A front is a bank of cloud that seperates warm air and cold air. A cyclone is the name given to hurricanes in the Indian and Oceanian Oceans.
42373
The formation of tropical cyclones (hurricanes) is the topic of extensive ongoing research, and is still not fully understood, however, there is a reasonably good article here to read up on current theories...\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane
833195
the reason for cyclone is low pressure region.as we know that wind flows from low to high pressure region and due to the coriolis forces which is the main cause of shifting the air to left or right in northern & southern hemisphere resply.\nwhen low pressure region is created, then normally wind flows to that area.
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Both are severe tropical systems that have wind speeds greater than 74 mph.\n\nThey are called "hurricanes" in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean. But once your go west across the International Dateline and into the western Pacific Ocean, they're called typhoons. And of course, the Australians, who have colorful names for just about everything, have their own term for hurricanes: "willy-willys."\n\nTyphoons generally tend to be stronger than hurricanes, but only because there's warmer water in the western Pacific and are better conditions for storm development. And they've been known to affect Seattle: Some of our strongest windstorms ever recorded were remnants of a typhoon in the western Pacific.
1080731
Typhoons and hurricanes are the same type of storm - a tropical cyclone - just in different parts of the world.\n\nHowever... typhoons - which affect the western Pacific ocean - tend to be stronger than Atlantic hurricanes because the waters are warmer.
437233
I thought cyclones were tornadoes and typhoons where the Pacific version of hurricanes.\n\nI may be all wet though!
942346
Same exact thing. Hurricane is the name in the western hemisphere. Typhoon is the name in the Eastern Hemi.
269002
A cyclone happens south of the equator and goes in the exact opposite direction as a hurricane . The principle works the sme as if you flush a toilet ... in Australia the water goes in the opposite direction . So therefore do the winds of a cyclone as opposed to a hurricane .\n\nThere is a word for this , I forget what it is called ...