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Impact Zones Around The Globe Major Disaster ‘Hot Spots’

Bangladesh Philippines

East Coast of China East Coast and Gulf of Mexico States of North

America Caribbean Hurricane Belt (Bahamas, Dominican

Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, etc.)

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What is the difference between a hurricane, a cyclone, and a typhoon? The only difference between a hurricane, a cyclone, and a typhoon is the location where the storm occurs.

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Hurricanes, Typhoons, Cyclones: What's the Difference? Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are all the same weather phenomenon. These storms have different names in different places. In the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, the term “hurricane” is used. The same type of disturbance in the Northwest Pacific is called a “typhoon” and “cyclones” occur in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean. Hurricanes, Typhoons, Cyclones: What’s the Difference? http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbcnews.com/55947875/#55947875

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Hurricanes – severe tropical disturbances forming in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and Eastern Pacific Typhoons – severe tropical disturbances forming in the north-west Pacific Ocean, around Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines Cyclones – severe tropical disturbances forming in the Indian Ocean and around Australia These severe tropical disturbances are accompanied by strong, sustained winds, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and center with really low pressure. They are called “Tropical” because they form in the maritime areas (in the ocean, over a large body of water) of the tropical regions of the world.

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