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What's the different between a cyclone, typhoon and hurricane?
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Cyclones are areas of low pressure. The wind circulates around the centre of the low in an anticlockwise direction (northern hemisphere) or a clockwise direction southern hemisphere).
A typhoon is the local name for a large cyclone in the Pacific region.
Hurricanes are cyclones with a wind speed in excess of 64 knots.
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