hurricane or cyclone

October 28, 2005

They are both low pressure systems with potential for tremendous destruction in populous areas. In the northern hemisphere, they are called hurricanes, in the southern hemisphere, cyclones. In the latter, the system rotates clockwise, or in a cyclonic direction.

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