A tropical cyclone is a type of large storm system having a circular or spiral system of violent winds, typically hundreds of kilometers or miles in diameter. The winds spiral around a region of low atmospheric pressure. "Tropical Cyclone" is the name given to these storms when they occur in the Indian Ocean. "Hurricane" is the name given to these storms in the Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Pacific. Similar storms that occur in the Western Pacific are called "Typhoons".
A typhoon is a type of large storm system having a circular or spiral system of violent winds, typically hundreds of kilometers or miles in diameter. The winds spiral around a region of low atmospheric pressure. "Typhoon" is the name of these storms that occur in the Western Pacific. "Hurricane" is the name given to these storms in the Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Pacific. In the Indian Ocean, they are called "Tropical Cyclones".
A hurricane is a type of large storm system having a circular or spiral system of violent winds, typically hundreds of kilometers or miles in diameter. The winds spiral around a region of low atmospheric pressure. "Hurricane" is the name given to these storms in the Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Pacific. Similar storms that occur in the Western Pacific are called "Typhoons". In the Indian Ocean, they are called "Tropical Cyclones".
In 1972, American scientists Herbert Saffir and Robert Simpson developed the Saffir-Simpson Scale to classify the severity of hurricanes. This scale ranks hurricanes by the intensity of wind speeds. Hurricanes are divided into five categories, as described in the table below:
Four. In 1998, four hurricanes were observed in the Atlantic at the same time. This event had not occurred since 1893. These four hurricanes were Ivan, a Category 1 storm; Jeanne and Karl, which were Category 2 storms; and Georges, a Category 4 storm. They were in existence largely during the middle to the end of September, 1998.
A storm surge is a wall of water pushed onshore by the winds of hurricanes and other tropical storms. Storm surges can be as high as 7.5 m. (25 ft.) and as wide as 60 km (100 miles).
