AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hurricanes and typhoons are the same weather phenomenon: tropical cyclones. A tropical cyclone is a generic term used by meteorologists to describe a rotating, organized system of clouds and thunderstorms that originates over tropical or subtropical waters and has closed, low-level circulation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hurricanes form over the ocean, often beginning as a tropical wave-a low pressure area that moves through the moisture-rich tropics, possibly enhancing shower and thunderstorm activity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Typhoons are the same thing as hurricanes, but usually located in the Pacific or Indian Ocean region.

Detailed explanation-4: -The word hurricane comes from the Taino Native American word, hurucane, meaning evil spirit of the wind. The first time anyone flew into a hurricane happened in 1943 in the middle of World War II. A tropical storm is classified as a hurricane once winds goes up to 74 miles per hour or higher.