Typhoons are what they are call over in asia greater.
Every now and then Hawaii has a hurricane encounter.
Hurricanes and typhoons are the same weather phenomenon:
tropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone is a generic term used by meteorologists to describe a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical waters and has closed, low-level circulation.
The weakest tropical cyclones are called
tropical depressions. If a depression intensifies such that its maximum sustained winds reach 39 miles per hour, the tropical cyclone becomes a
tropical storm. Once a tropical cyclone reaches maximum sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or higher, it is then classified as a hurricane, typhoon, or tropical cyclone, depending upon where the storm originates in the world. In the North Atlantic, central North Pacific, and eastern North Pacific, the term
hurricane is used. 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.
I did not know they were the same .. I thought there would be a variance of some sort.
Hurricanes being stronger w wind then typhons who had more water?
I learned something
