“Japan gets hit by hurricanes every year.”
Usage Entry 1310 / 1350 60-second read
Hurricane vs. Typhoon
Same type of storm, different regional names.
The comparisoni
“Japan gets hit by typhoons every year — in the NW Pacific, they're typhoons. In the Atlantic and NE Pacific, they're hurricanes.”
The ruleii
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HURRICANE = Atlantic. TYPHOON = NW Pacific.
HURRICANE, TYPHOON, and CYCLONE all describe the same weather phenomenon — a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 74+ mph. The name depends on location: hurricane (Atlantic/NE Pacific), typhoon (NW Pacific), cyclone (South Pacific/Indian Ocean).
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Same storm. Different sea.