what is the difference bet.hurricane,typhoon,and cyclone?

Answer 1

The difference between your 3 terms are scientific.

Cyclone is a generic meteorological term meaning a volume of air that has gained enough rotation that it spins around an area of low pressure.... In the Southern hemisphere, the coriolis effect is strong enough to impart a clockwise spin to the cyclone while in the Northern hemisphere, the coriolis effect imparts a counter-clockwise spin to a cyclone.

(And to answer the side question, the coriolis effect is caused by the Earth's rotation... and it does NOT meaningfully affect the way water goes down a sink or toilet drain... it simply isn't powerful enough at that level)

Hurricanes and Typhoons are simply geographical designations for Cyclones... Hurricanes begin over the Atlantic ocean while Typhoons originate in the Pacific.

And a bit of side trivia... Hurricane comes from the Carribean Amerindian god, Huracan. The origin of the word Typhoon is unclear but seems to have originated from an Asian or Middleastern word.

Answer 2

It never ceases to amaze me how people give so many bad answers on the simple "What's the difference between a Tornado-Hurricane-Typhoon-Cyclone" questions.

Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same storms, just different locations. Hurricanes are Atlantic and eastern Pacific storms, typhoons are northwestern Pacific storms and cyclones are southern Pacific and Indian ocean storms.

Myths:

A typhoon doesn't rotate opposite a hurricane. A typhoon isn't a hurricane over land. A typhoon has an eye. A typhoon isn't "stronger" than a hurricane. In fact, the strongest tropical cyclone on record is a hurricane, and that was Wilma.

Answer 3

specific I agree that those words would properly be complicated. firstly Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones are each and every of a similar. all of them are available from the sea and are powered with the aid of the warmth waters, subsequently why we don't get them in the united kingdom. Hurricanes are what English human beings call them. Typhoons are eastern and Cyclones are the different Asians. Tornadoes are thoroughly diverse they arrive whilst warm air and cool air meet and puncture a layer above and then a twister starts off to seem and come out of the clouds and hits the Earth Please are not getting blended up between those 2 they are like opposites to one yet another.

Answer 4

A typhoon is a cyclone in the water, a hurricane`s size is much bigger than a cyclone by thousands of times.

Answer 5

In North America it is called a hurricane but in Asia it is called a typhoon and in Australia and South America it is called a cyclone.

I've done some further research and it seems the word cyclone is a broader term that includes typhoons and hurricanes, not what i had said previously.

Answer 6

hurricane is huge, typoon is big and called unticyclone, cyclon is the rotation in reverse to typhoon

Answer 7

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION....Hurricane atlantic ocean and 180degrees east, typhoon 180 west, cyclone Tropics.

Answer 8

hurricane has an eye and rotates,,,,,,typhoon has no eye and does not rotate,,,,and a cyclone has a spout but no eye and it does rotate

Answer 9

They are all names for the same phenomenon. The names differ only by the geographical area where the storm originates.

Answer 10

1.- clockwise versus counter-clockwise rotation

2.- Hurricanes move air "in" and "down" / tornados "up" and "out"

3.- northern versus southern hemisphere / eastern versus western hemisphere