What are the differences among the hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones?
Hurricanes and typhoons are the same weather phenomenon: tropical cyclones. ... The same type of disturbance in the Northwest Pacific is called a typhoon. Meanwhile, in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, the generic term tropical cyclone is used, regardless of the strength of the wind associated with the weather system
Hurricane is a severe stom in which wind speed is above 64 knots or more than 118 kmph causing a wide spread damage.
Typhoon is also the similar kind of phenomena but the other location. The same disturbing phenomena in the northeastern Pacific is called typhoon. Hurricane is the term used in North Atlantic Pacific.
The cyclone is general term for the low pressure system of varying degrees of wind speed rotating antclock direction with the low pressure at centre of the eye of the system. It may be classified from cyclone to super cyclonic storm.
Hurricanes and typhoons are the same weather phenomenon: tropical cyclones. ... The same type of disturbance in the Northwest Pacific is called a typhoon. Meanwhile, in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, the generic term tropical cyclone is used, regardless of the strength of the wind associated with the weather system
@Eman Ali Al- Khafaji,
Regarding your respone above, you forgot to include the relevant reference source (https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html).
Same phenomenon, but different ocean.
These phenomena have been described many centuries ago, so people around different oceans gave them names. Now we know about the whole Earth and the collection of names that have been used describe the same phenomenon.
It is interesting that the word "typhoon" comes from the ancient Greek myths that have been propagated around the Pacific ocean for thousands of years by the travel of ancient Greeks explorers and sailors..
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