Engrossing Earth Elements

It's a hurricane...it's a cyclone...no it's a typhoon!

In fact, they are all names for the same kind of violent storm originating over warm ocean waters. Hurricane (derived from a Carib Indian word) is typically used to describe these storms when they originate in the tropical Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean Sea. A typhoon (from the Cantonese word tai fung) is a violent storm which originates in the western Pacific Ocean, and especially the South China Sea. Last but not least, a cyclone is a violent tropical storm originating in the Indian Ocean.