Hurricane Size Comparison

RED SIDE STORE is here : Tropical cyclone: A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a lowpressure center, a closed lowlevel atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by different names, including hurricane (, ˈhʌrɪkən, keɪn, ), typhoon (, taɪˈfuːn, ), tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, and simply A hurricane is a tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean and northeastern Pacific Ocean, and a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean; while in the south Pacific or Indian Ocean, comparable storms are referred to simply as tropical cyclones or severe cyclonic storms. Tropical refers to the geographical origin of these systems, which form almost exclusively over tropical seas.