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HURRICANE? CYCLONE?
TYPHOON? They're all the same,
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Caribbean Sea, central and northeast


Pacific. They are typhoons in the
northwest Pacific. In the Bay of
Bengal and the Arabia Sea, they are
called cyclones. Tropical cyclone is
used in the southwest India Ocean; in
the southwestern Pacific and
southeastern India Ocean they are

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WHERE IS THE BUSIEST PLACE? The northwestern Pacific where Typhoon
Haiyan has just hit. A normal year there involves 27 named storms. Haiyan is the

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28th named storm and there has already been a 29th. By comparison the Atlantic
averages 11 named storms a year and this year there have been 12, none of them
causing major problems.

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WHO DECIDES THE NAMES? The lists are maintained by the World Meteorological
Organization; the names are ones that are familiar in each region. Names are taken
off the list and replaced to avoid confusion if a hurricane causes a lot of damage or
deaths. For example, Katrina was retired after it devastated New Orleans in 2005.

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The Philippines has its own naming system, so Typhoon Haiyan is also being called
Yolanda.
HOW DOES EL NINO AFFECT STORMS? During an El Nino when the central
Pacific is warming there are fewer Atlantic storms. El Ninos shift where storms

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form, but not the number, for the northwest Pacific and the southwest Pacific. The
central Pacific gets more storms during El Nino and the year after. This year has
neither an El Nino nor its opposite, a La Nina. It is a neutral year.
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