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A cyclone is any mass of air that spirals around a low pressure center. It is an organized collection of thunderstorms embedded in a swirling mass of air. In general, both typhoons and hurricanes are tropical cyclones but differ in their locations. The difference between hurricane and typhoon is that tropical cyclones in the west Pacific are called Typhoons and those in the Atlantic and east Pacific Ocean are called Hurricanes. It's the longitude that matters.
In the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, these storms are called tropical cyclones. Typhoon is the name given to this phenomenon in the North Pacific. Hurricane Rita at its peak in the Gulf of Mexico in September 2005.urricanes/tropical cyclones cause torrential rain. As a tropical storm approaches land, it also pushes a wall of water called a storm surge onto the shore. Flooding results, which can go inland for several miles.