Question:

What are tornados called in other parts of the world?

barrettins on Tornados.net - 2007-06-05 09:26:14 - Weather

Hurrricane in the Pacific is a Typhoon and in the Middle East it is a Cyclone. So what is a tornado in other parts of the world? Do they even have tornados elsewhere? Is Tornado/Cyclone ever interchangeable?

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Tornado and cyclone are not necessarily interchangable. A cyclone is basically a tornado on the water, but it's different from a hurricane (because of the size, and the size of the storm it's associated with). And yes, you can have tornados anyplace that is relatively flat and has thunderstorms and crosswinds.

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Tornado and cyclone are not necessarily interchangable. A cyclone is basically a tornado on the water, but it's different from a hurricane (because of the size, and the size of the storm it's associated with). And yes, you can have tornados anyplace that is relatively flat and has thunderstorms and crosswinds.

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A Tornado is a Tornado no matter where you are in the world Every continent has been hit by a Tornado except Antartica