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    TYPHOON, HURRICANE, CYCLONE

    What's the difference?


    One of the most powerful and deadliest typhoons to make a landfall this year and perhaps in recent
    history is Harvey. A category four typhoon, it wrecked havoc to North America, most notably Texas, USA.
    It killed only 77 but the damage was unprecedented- $198 billion worth of damage to infrastructure,
    agriculture and property, breaking the previous record made by Hurricane Katrina.
    According to the National Weather Service Houston (USA), Harvey, has dumped more than 49 inches
    (124.5 centimeters) of rain on the region.

    Destructive winds, heavy rains, devastating power. These are what people know about typhoons- a
    natural phenomenon that destroys everything in its path.

    Now, what exactly is a typhoon?

    Typhoon (etymology, Chinese words tai + fung = great wind) is a rapidly rotating storm system — a
    group of clouds with a low-pressure center, strong winds, and deadly thunderstorms that produce heavy
    rain, similar to hurricanes and cyclones.

    Now, is it different from hurricane and cyclone?

    Here are some facts:

    HURRICANE, CYCLONE, TYPHOON are all the same but officially they are tropical cyclones. They just use
    distinctive terms for a storm in different parts of the world. Hurricane is used in the Atlantic, Caribbean
    Sea, central and northeast Pacific. They are typhoons in the northwest Pacific. In the Bay of Bengal and
    the Arabia Sea, they are called cyclones. Tropical cyclone is used in the southwest India Ocean; in the
    southwestern Pacific and southeastern India Ocean they are severe tropical cyclones.

    STRENGTH: A storm gets a name and is considered a tropical storm at 39 mph (63 kph). It becomes a
    hurricane, typhoon, tropical cyclone, or cyclone at 74 mph (119 kph). There are five strength categories,
    depending on wind speed. The highest category is 5 and that's above 155 mph (249 kph). Australia has a
    different system for categorizing storm strength.
    ROTATION: If they are north of the equator they rotate counterclockwise. If they are south, they rotate
    clockwise.

    SEASON: The Atlantic and central Pacific hurricane seasons are June 1 through Nov. 30. Eastern Pacific:
    May 15 to Nov. 30; northwestern Pacific season is close to all year, with the most from May to
    November. The cyclone season in the south Pacific and Australia runs from November to April. The Bay
    of Bengal has two seasons April to June and September to November.

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