Tornedos/Hurricains

[LittleShip]

OK here’s the question posed by my son......... why are the severe weather patterns call Tornados in the Pacific and hurricanes in the Atlantic. Good question I thought for a boring Wednesday afternoon, and if there is a web site that tells you about them please pass on the HTTP/ address

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I wish I'd been born rich instead of good looking ?

 

[ponapay]

They are called Typhoons in the Pacific, Tornadoes over land in most countries and Hurricanes in the Atlantic but also Cyclones in some parts of the world.

Its just like a word in any other language its different in many countries.

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[LittleShip]

Oops ment to say Typhoon !!

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I wish I'd been born rich instead of good looking ?

 

[Roberto]

the word Hurricane comes from a spanish adaption of the name of a Mayan god, Huracan, who caused the first flood in response to human ill behaving

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[AndrewB]

More definitions ...

And according to the OED, Typhoon probably comes from "Tai-fung", Chinese dialect meaning "big wind", though possibly from an Arabic word "Tafun". Both 'Hurricane' and 'Typhoon' first appeared in English around 1550. By comparison, Cyclone (orig. Cyclome) is a modern, English invention from around 1850 intended to standardise the terminology. It is based on the Greek word "Cycloma", the coil of a snake.

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[Roberto]

Another one

possibly found in Marco Polo's Milione (memory failing..):
Kamikaze (wind of the god) was a storm wind which struck and destroyed the Mongol fleet three times in their repeated attempts to invade Japan



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