OK, please educate me ... what is the difference between — A HURRICANE, A TYPHOON, and a CYCLONE?
And which one should we fear more?
All the same, IIRC, just referred to differently based on geography or some such.
Excerpt: Typhoons, hurricanes and tropical cyclones are three different region specific names for the same kind of storm system. In short, they are one and the same phenomenon, although varying in intensity according to the place of origin and conditions.
So, a tropical cyclone a.k.a. typhoon, a.k.a. Hurricane is a peculiar storm system, which has a warm low pressure center, with an army of thunderstorms around it. They have their origin near the equator, around 10 degrees away from it, in the sea. End Excerpt.
I think the hurricane rotates counterclockwise and is in the northern hemisphere and a typhoon rotates clockwise and is in the southern hemisphere. Not sure about cyclones.