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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: -The name Erick, or Eric, has been used for nine tropical cyclones worldwide, seven in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and one each in the South-West Indian Ocean and in the South Pacific. In the Eastern Pacific: Tropical Storm Erick (1983) Tropical Storm Erick (1989)

Detailed explanation-3: -In the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, this weather pattern is called a hurricane. In the North Pacific Ocean, the same type of weather pattern is called a typhoon. In the Indian Ocean region and in the South Pacific Ocean, it is called a tropical cyclone or just a cyclone.

Detailed explanation-4: -If it hovers over the Northwest Pacific Ocean (usually East Asia), we call it a typhoon. If it’s circling over any other region, we continue to call it a tropical cyclone.