What is a difference between a typhoon and a huracane?

Answer 1

Typhoon is in the Pacific Ocean and Hurricane is in the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 2

Where they are located. A hurricane is around the North and South American continents and in the Atlantic Ocean. A typhoon is typically in the Western Pacific Ocean around Japan and China and also in the Indian Ocean.

Answer 3

A typhoon is of Pacific Ocean origin and spins counter clockwise.
A Hurricane is of Atlantic Ocean origin and spins clockwise.
All these storms have been renamed Hurricanes recently.

Answer 4

A typhoon is a wave caused by an underwater earthquake. A hurricane is a spinning air system with very high winds that can also cause big waves.

Answer 5

Hurricanes are in the western hemisphere. Typhoons are in the East.

Answer 6

It all depends on where they occur. (Incidentally, neither are caused by underwater earthquakes - underwater earthquakes cause tsunamis). The third name you left out is "cyclone."

Here's a list of what storms are called where:

"hurricane" (the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E)

"typhoon" (the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline)

"severe tropical cyclone" (the Southwest Pacific Ocean west of 160E or Southeast Indian Ocean east of 90E)

"severe cyclonic storm" (the North Indian Ocean)
"tropical cyclone" (the Southwest Indian Ocean)

Answer 7

simply location.
# "hurricane" (the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E)
# "typhoon" (the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline)

Answer 8

They're both the same thing. Hurricane is what we call it in the Americas and typhoon is what we call it in Asia.

Answer 9

typhoon is an underwater earthquake were a hurricane is like a tornatoe going over the sea and goes to land

Answer 10

They are the same, hurricane is what we call it here in North America. Typhoon is what they call it in Asia.