Is it simply that one occurrs in the eastern hemisphere and one in the western hemisphere?
2007-09-18 08:04:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
You basically nailed it.
Local people have always had their own names for big storms. In the East China sea, it is a typhoon. In India, it is a cyclone. In the New World, it is called a hurricane.
2007-09-18 08:09:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Typhoon is a tropical storm which moves over Japan,China And Philippines in the North West Pacific ocean.Hurricane is the name of the tropical storm that develops over North Atlantic ocean.Otherwise both are same.Sometimes wind speed is shown as a difference.
In typhoon the wind speed should be 64 Kts or more, whereas a storm with a speed of 56Kts or more is sometimes classified as hurricane
2007-09-19 10:56:20 · answer #2 · answered by Arasan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Location, Location, Location,
2007-09-18 15:11:58 · answer #3 · answered by DIDIDI 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are the one and same type of tropical cyclones. The only difference is the location.
If they form in the northern Pacific Ocean east of the International Date Line, they are called typhoons.
If they form in the Atlantic or the northern Pacific west of the International Date Line, they are called hurricanes.
2007-09-18 15:10:33 · answer #4 · answered by Water 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much, hurricanes occur in the Atlantic and typhoons in the Pacific.
2007-09-18 15:11:56 · answer #5 · answered by Disney Ang 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You pretty much got it in one. The Asian countries call them Typhoons, everybody else calls them Hurricanes.
2007-09-18 15:10:05 · answer #6 · answered by profsparro 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Location location location.
Go to the following websites for more information:
weather.com
intellicast.com
noaa.com
2007-09-18 15:12:28 · answer #7 · answered by okiemom67 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Location: http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A1.html
2007-09-18 15:09:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which hemisphere they are in
2007-09-18 15:09:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are the same thing
2007-09-18 16:11:03 · answer #10 · answered by walter e 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋