Hurricanes and cyclones: why all the interest?
We would like to hear from our readers: "Why do our readers find this story particularly interesting?"
While South Africa is not the first place you think about when naming countries hardest hit by hurricanes, tornadoes and cyclones, a story that appeared on our website in April 2017 is the most popular read every month.
Since the article was published, it has been read 200 416 times.
Read the original story here:
https://www.citizen.co.za/african-reporter/84247/hurricane-cyclone-typhoon-tornado-whats-difference/
When Hurricane Irma, the most powerful Atlantic Ocean storm in recorded history left devastation in its wake in 2017, we took a look at hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons and tornadoes and examined the differences between these two phenomenon.
While our staff was researching this story they found that the only difference between a hurricane, a cyclone, and a typhoon is the location where the storm occurs.
Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are all the same weather phenomenon; we just use different names for these storms in different places.
In the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, the term hurricane is used.
The same type of disturbance in the Northwest Pacific is called a typhoon and cyclones occur in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.
Since the article was published, our analytics have shown that this remains the most popular read for our audience almost every month.
On this, the third year anniversary of publishing this story, we would like to know from our readers why this seems to be your favourite read.
Leave your comments under this story or email editor Samantha Keogh on samk@caxton.co.za.
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