But what is a hurricane - and how is it different from a cyclone or a typhoon? Well technically they're all the same thing - large rapidly rotating storm systems that meteorologists call 'tropical ...
A hurricane or typhoon is a type of tropical cyclone, or severe tropical storm. They form in almost all ocean basins. A typical cyclone is accompanied by thunderstorms, and in the Northern ...
So why do we call one a hurricane and the other a typhoon? And while we're at it - what exactly is a cyclone? They are all the same thing: tropical storms. But they are known by different names in ...
the word “hurricane” is used, the Western North Pacific calling the system’s “typhoons,” and the western South Pacific and Indian oceans deem the storms “cyclones.” While hurricanes ...
Exceptionally severe storms during the 2024 tropical cyclone season resulted in damages well above the 10-year average, according to German reinsurance giant Munich Re.