Is there a difference in a Cyclone & a Hurricane?

Answer 1

Hurricanes are in the Atlantic ocean and Cyclones in the Pacific. I believe thay also rotate in opposite directions

Answer 2

Yep!

Hurricane Can Be A Storm With Extremely Strong Winds, Powerful Enough To Destroy Houses.

And A Cyclone Is When Hot And Cold From The Air Collide And Cause A Spinning Vortex Of Terror ( Some People Call It Tornado Or A Twister ) Which Sucks You Up.

Answer 3

Hurricanes and cyclones are the names of the same weather phenomena called tropical revolving storms.They are called hurricanes in the Atlantic ocean and cyclones in the Indian ocean.According to the India Meteorological Department,the storm is classified as cyclone once the associated wind speed reaches 34 Knots.But the hurricanes have a wind speed of atleast 64 knots.The cyclones which form in the Southern Hemisphere will have winds that are rotating in a clockwise direction which is opposite to that of the hurricanes which form in the Northern Hemisphere.

Answer 4

Essentially Cyclone, Hurricane, and Typhoon are all names for the same phenomenon. ie. Tropical Revolving Storms.

The name depends on where you are in the world.

Cyclones are in the southern hemisphere (think Australia and the South Pacific).
Hurricanes are in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and the eastern part of the Pacific (Central America).
Typhoons are in and around Asia.

As far is I know the only difference between a Cyclone and a Hurricane, might be the direction of the rotation.

Answer 5

A hurricane is a tropical cyclone. A cyclone refers to an area of closed circulation which can be anything from a hurricane, a tornado or just a plain old low.

Answer 6

Not a difference in term, just in location. Hurricanes, Typhoon and Cyclones are all different names of the same phenomena. They are named Hurricanes on the Atlantic and eastern pacific, Typhoons on the western pacific, and Cyclones on the southern Pacific and Indian ocean. Their rotation is based on the hemisphere they're in: clockwise in the southern and counter-clockwise in the northern.

Answer 7

A cyclone and a hurricane are the same thing.
They just happen in different oceans.
You can tell which area it is in (the Atlantic or Pacific) by what it's called.
Where as a twister and a tornedo are the same thing but they form over land.

Answer 8

There are only location differences - cyclones are in the southern hemisphere - I have experienced one in NZ - cyclone Bola in the 1980's - Hurricanes are around the USA and the Typhoon is the Aisian version.

All cause significant damage.

Answer 9

I think a cyclone only happens on water (ocean), then when it hits land it becomes a tornado.

Answer 10

One in the northern hemisphere while the other is in the southern. Hurricane=North
You know that the one in the northern hemisphere (Huricane) is turning counter clock wise while the one in the southern hemisphere is turning clockwise.