Click on image for full size Different Names for Different
Places Different places in the world call tropical cyclones by
different names. If you click on the image at left you will see
which areas use "cyclone", which use "hurricane", and which use
"typhoon" when refering to a tropical cyclone with winds greater
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comfortable....more A cyclone is an area of low pressure with
winds blowing counter-clockwise around it i