What is the difference between the tropical storms?

 Do you know the difference between a Hurricane, Cyclone and a Typhoon? 

Well this week the children identified there is no difference between them except for where they are formed. Typhoons are formed in Asia as well as around China.Whereas, Hurricanes are formed around the Atlantic, Americas and the Caribbean Oceans and Cyclones are formed in the Indian Ocean and over the South Pacific 

Tropical storms are all fed my warm air and they spin. Did you know that storms in the Northern Hemisphere rotate counter clockwise and storms in the Southern Hemisphere rotate clockwise?  Just like water going down a plug hole.









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