cyclone, what’s the difference? Not much, except their names, though those names do ... world—hurricanes happen in the North Atlantic or over the central/eastern North Pacific while typhoons ...

The difference concerns where they occur ... both can (and frequently do) produce heavy rainfall and high winds, a cyclone produces significantly more damage. The World Meteorological Organization ...

Tropical cyclones are hurricanes that brew over the tropical ocean and can travel over land, inundating coastal regions. The ...