Typhoon is a meteorological phenomenon characterized by a tropical cyclone that occurs in eastern seas, usually in the seas of China and the Indian Ocean. Typhoons have enormous destructive power, with gusts of wind that can reach 360 kilometers per hour.
Typhoon is a nomenclature used to categorize a type of cyclone, as well as the drilling. They are described as eddies that revolve around a low atmospheric pressure core. What determines whether a cyclone is a typhoon, a hurricane, a tropical storm, a cyclonic storm, or a tropical depression is where it occurs and its intensity.
In addition to China and the Philippines, the occurrence of typhoons in Japan is constant. Among the main and most recent typhoons that hit Asian and oceanic countries is the Super Typhoon Haiyan (caused more than 4,000 deaths); Typhoon Nancy (which reached winds of up to 306 km/h); Typhoon Vera (killed more than 5,000 people in Japan, with winds of 305 km/h); Typhoon Tip (the largest typhoon ever recorded, with a storm diameter of nearly 2,220 km); between others.
Typhoon and hurricane
Cyclones are typhoons when they occur in the Northwest Pacific Ocean (west of the international date line), South Asia, and the western Indian Ocean. A typhoon is a tropical cyclone and has the same characteristics as a hurricane. THE difference between a typhoon and a hurricane it is even in the region where they form.
already the hurricanes, in turn, are tropical cyclones that form in the North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast Pacific Ocean (east of the international date line) and in the South Pacific Ocean.