http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html
>>>Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are all the same weather phenomenon; we just use different names for these storms in different places. In the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, the term “hurricane” is used. The same type of disturbance in the Northwest Pacific is called a “typhoon” and “cyclones” occur in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.<<<
However, they have been called ‘hurricanes’ in the last few years when they surge into the Pacific side of Mexico and California.
Just not right...