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What is the name for a hurricane that forms in the Pacific or Indian Oceans?
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∙ 13y ago
Typhoon - in the Pacific
Cyclone - in the Indian ocean
Hurricane - in the Atlantic
Generically they are tropical depressions.
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A powerful storm that forms over tropical oceans is called a?
hurricane
A what is a large swirling low pressure system that forms over tropical waters?
A storm system called a 'Tropical Cyclone' also known as a 'Hurricane' if it forms over the Atlantic, a 'Cyclone' if it forms over the Indian ocean and a 'Typhoon' if it forms over the Pacific.
Were there any tsunami in Saskatchewan?
Saskatchewan can have tornado, but not typhoons are tsunamis. A tsunami is a large ocean wave triggered by an earthquake or landslide. Saskatchewan is nowhere near the ocean. A typhoon is a tropical weather system that forms over warm ocean water and so could never reach Saskatchewan. Additionally, a typhoons is a storm in the western Pacific. If it moves into the eastern Pacific, it is called a hurricane.
What was the cause of Hurricane Camille?
when the ocean heats up it forms a hurricane
What are hurricanes called in the Atlantic?
A hurricane that forms in the Atlantic is simply called a hurricane.
What is a hurricane that forms over the Indian Ocean?
A hurricane that forms over the Indian ocean is called a cyclone.
Where does a hurr icane come from?
A hurricane forms over warm, tropical waters, including the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean.
A powerful storm that forms over tropical oceans is called a?
hurricane
What direction will a hurricane go that forms in the pacific ocean?
northwest
What is a large swirling low pressure system that forms over tropical waters?
A storm system called a 'Tropical Cyclone' also known as a 'Hurricane' if it forms over the Atlantic, a 'Cyclone' if it forms over the Indian Ocean and a 'Typhoon' if it forms over the Pacific.
A what is a large swirling low pressure system that forms over tropical waters?
A storm system called a 'Tropical Cyclone' also known as a 'Hurricane' if it forms over the Atlantic, a 'Cyclone' if it forms over the Indian ocean and a 'Typhoon' if it forms over the Pacific.
A maritime polar air mass is a cold air mass that forms over which two oceans?
It forms over the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific oceans.
What oceans border Florida?
Th Atlantic Ocean forms Florida's Eastern Border.
What body of water that forms California's western border?
The pacific ocean.
What are hurricanes called in the pacific?
A typhoon, the pacific coast in the western Pacific Ocean where they generate is the Powerfull Mexican Pacific Sea Board, and in Mexico they are called Hurricane also remembering the wind god of the Olmecs.
What was the cause of Hurricane Camille?
when the ocean heats up it forms a hurricane
Were there any tsunami in Saskatchewan?
Saskatchewan can have tornado, but not typhoons are tsunamis. A tsunami is a large ocean wave triggered by an earthquake or landslide. Saskatchewan is nowhere near the ocean. A typhoon is a tropical weather system that forms over warm ocean water and so could never reach Saskatchewan. Additionally, a typhoons is a storm in the western Pacific. If it moves into the eastern Pacific, it is called a hurricane.
