Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations

Hurricanes on sandy shorelines · By Dirk Frankenberg

hurricane

Hurricane is a geographically specific term. Similar storms in different parts of the globe are referred to by different terms:

typhoon
the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the International Dateline
severe tropical cyclone
the Southwest Pacific Ocean west of 160E or Southeast Indian Ocean east of 90E
severe cyclonic storm
the North Indian Ocean
tropical cyclone
the Southwest Indian Ocean