tropical cyclone names![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
From one region of the world to another, the same meteorological phenomenon is given different names.
Equator ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Imaginary circle surrounding Earth at its widest circumference, dividing it into two hemispheres: the Northern hemisphere and the Southern hemisphere.
cyclone ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean and in the southwest Pacific.
typhoon ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tropical cyclone in the northwest Pacific and in the northern Indian Ocean.
hurricane ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Tropical cyclone in the Caribbean, the North Atlantic and the eastern Pacific.