What is the difference between cyclones, hurricanes,tornados, and twisters?
Hurricanes and typhoons are types of cyclone. The website http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A1.ht… has a very good explanation of this. Basically, they are large circulating areas of relatively low pressure (diameter measured in miles) that are slow moving and cause massive amounts of wind and water damage. Whether they are considered hurricanes or typhoons depends upon their location (the website explains this), but I can’t tell you if the direction of circulation is affected by the “coriolis effect” or not. A twister, dust devil, water spout and tornado are the the same thing in varying degrees and location (water spouts being tornadoes over water). The website http://42explore.com/tornadoes.htm gives a good explanation of this. Of this type of phenomenon, the tornado is the largest and strongest. They are circulating air patterns as well, but hav
