2021年9月18日 · What’s the difference between a hurricane and a typhoon? The most severe tropical cyclones —those with winds of 64 knots (74 mph or 119 km/h) or more—are called hurricanes or typhoons . Which term is used depends on where the storm occurs.

Over the Atlantic and East Pacific, tropical cyclones are commonly called "hurricanes." The common term is "typhoon" for a tropical cyclone that forms in the West Pacific. Tropical cyclones are called just "cyclones" in the Indian Ocean and near Australia.

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.

2023年8月13日 · The difference between a typhoon, a hurricane, and a cyclone is the region where they occur. Otherwise, they are all the same type of storm — tropical cyclones. Typhoons are tropical cyclones in the Northwest Pacific, hurricanes are in the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, while a cyclone refers to tropical cyclones in the South Pacific ...

2023年10月19日 · Called hurricanes when they develop over the North Atlantic, central North Pacific, and eastern North Pacific, these rotating storms are known as cyclones when they form over the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, and typhoons when they develop in …

2025年1月30日 · Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are defined as predominantly the same type of weather phenomenon, collectively falling under the umbrella term "tropical cyclone." The only significant difference is the part of the world where they …

2024年4月25日 · Hurricanes, typhoons and tropical cyclones are essentially the same weather phenomenon. They are all large tropical storm systems that revolve around an area of low pressure and produce heavy rain and wind speeds exceeding 74 mph (119 kph). The difference in their names is purely geographic.