Hurricane vs Cyclone vs Typhoon

What's the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon, and a cyclone?

Storm Shield Meteorologist Jason Meyers explains.

They're all just different names for the same thing.

In the Atlantic Ocean and the Northeast Pacific - basically the waters surrounding the United States - we call them hurricanes.

In the Northwest Pacific near Asia - it's a typhoon.

In the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, it's called a cyclone.

The only difference between any of these storms is the direction they spin.

Storms in the northern hemisphere spin counter-clockwise, and they spin clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

All of these storms use the same ingredients to form - a weather disturbance, warm tropical oceans, moisture, and relatively light winds.

If the right conditions last, we can end up with a violent storm with damaging winds at least 74 mph, huge waves, incredible amounts of rain, and flooding.

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[makiolo]

explained super simply with no need of a 10 min explanation. GREAT!

[chaseallen]

i came here because of the typhoon that's happening in Japan right now. while watching this disaster unfold, it looked exactly like a Hurricane that always occurs in America. this video was absolutely informative and straight to the mf point 🙏🏼

[jennifergrove]

This might be a stupid question but can one turn into the other? Like if one crossed from the Indian to the Atlantic Ocean for instance?

[kastrosadam]

As soon as he said nothing I left the video

[shaggyfae]

Dude awesome video, thank you for not making it an hour long

[TheAngelstr]

I have something to teach you...








hurricanes move depending on the earths rotation

[universe]

English: Hurricane, Cyclone, Typhoon
Tagalog: Bagyo, Bagyo, Bagyo

[albaalanisgarcia]

you should do earthquake vs hurricane vs tornado !!!!

[ryanfallon]

Question, can a hurricane become a typhoon if it reaches all the way across the Atlantic? Or is that unlikely?

[ninjasiren]

By overall strength. Typhoons outclass both Cyclones and Hurricanes. Its because of the freaking size of the Pacific. More hot water.

[forgottenanddead]

If I was in flood I would pee in the water

[kim]

Short & straight to the point thanks

[roshanchristopherdsouza]

Thanks for your beautiful lovely awesome wonderful information about nature. God bless you. From INDIA 🇮🇳

[MarlyMarlPodcast]

I just subscribed because you got straight to the point

[gerdabornath]

Thank you so much for not wasting words

[AmyraCarter]

Kaerao, 'sea storm', form closer to the water's surface where I come from and are rotated by the ocean current; it wouldn't be unusual to see the center rotate one direction while the outer ring rotate the other direction.

These storms generate strong winds and massive waves more than anything, but rarely come close to shore (and only from the back of a finatai have I seen one).

[SirFloofy]

What would happen to a storm in the northern hemisphere if it crossed the equator, Would the spin stall out and start in the opposite direction? Would it effect the storm in any way at all?

[famruelasquinones]

We lived hurricane Harvey in Houston, tx it was INSANE

[AllWaysGG]

At the end of the video, since i was on my phone, i actually thought my storm shield app went off with the notification but nope it’s just the video haha!

[cope]

At the start I thought all of them were the same.