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Tropical cyclone
Tropical cyclones are one kind of the low-pressures though they are very strong which come from the Equator with heavy storm.

The tropical cyclone in North Pacific western part (it is the western side from the date line) is called a Typhoon. In the West North Pacific eastern part it is called a Hurricane. In the Bay of Bengal, and the Arabian Sea and in the south in Africa it is called a Cyclone. In Southern Pacific ocean it is also called Hurricane.
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names of tropical cyclone

Tropical cyclone comes from Equator
When the air which is warmed near the equator, it goes up and the steam in itself change into water. This energy makes a tropical cyclone grow.

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The eye of the Tropical cyclone
There is an eye in the central part of a tropical cyclone.
In the eye of a tropical cyclone, the weather keeps fine by the downward air current.

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« In the central part of typhoon there is no cloud.

Concentric circle Isobar
In the Northern Hemisphere, the wind makes a counterclockwise wind blow. And it's Isobar is the shape of a concentric circle.

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wind arrow
« Arrows show the direction of the wind.
Isobar is the shape of a concentric circle.
(Hurricane Floyd in 1999)

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Media bar

Heavy rain and wind cause harmful disasters.

« A lot of steam is supplied to a typhoon from the sea surface which was warmed by the tropical sunshine.

Around the central part of the Tropical cyclone it shines very white.This shows the Cumulonimbus is very highly developed.
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3D image of the tropical cyclone movie at NASA (Quicktime 2.1Mb)

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Study more about Hurricane at NASA

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Study at NASA kids

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