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Hurricanes, Typhoons and Cyclones
With Hurricane Gustav on its way, I am reminded of what is the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon and a cyclone?
The answer, so i am told, is nothing!
It is just the place where they occur.
Hurricanes start out in the Atlantic Ocean; Typhoons start out in the Pacific Ocean and Cyclones start out in the Indian Ocean.
So you can always know where the weather system originates. |
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I also didn't know they were the same thing. Amazing. The word hurricane is from hurakan in the Taino language, spoken in the Greater Antilles and Bahamas - it means big wind. Typhoon is from Chinese tai fung, it means big wind too! And cyclone is just Greek meaning going round and round. So does that make it the same as a tornado, which also means something that turns?
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actually tornados form over land i believe - the other three form over water
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