KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -In what part of the Earth do most typhons form? Almost 90% of these storms form within 20° north or south of the Equator.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Pacific Ocean generates the greatest number of tropical storms and cyclones. The most powerful storms, sometimes called super typhoons, occur in the western Pacific. The Indian Ocean is second in the total number of storms, and the Atlantic Ocean ranks third.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the southern hemisphere these tropical storms are called cyclones and rotate in a clockwise direction, while in the northern hemisphere cyclones are called hurricanes or typhoons and rotate in an anti-clockwise direction.

Detailed explanation-4: -Typhoons are the same thing as hurricanes, but usually located in the Pacific or Indian Ocean region.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tropical cyclones can only form over oceans of the world except in the South Atlantic Ocean and the south eastern Pacific where a tropical cyclone could never be formed due to the cooler sea surface temperature and higher vertical wind shears. They develop at latitudes usually greater than 5° from the equator.