What is the name of a hurricane based on? Please tell me.

The word hurricane comes from the Caribbean devil hurrican, and some people say that Hurakan, the god of thunderstorms and cyclones, is one of the creation gods in Mayan mythology.

The word typhoon comes from Tifeng, the son of Gaia, the mother of the earth in Greek mythology. It is a monster with a hundred faucets. It is said that its children are terrible winds. As for the Chinese word "typhoon", some people say that it originated from Japanese, while others say that the pronunciation of "gale" in Cantonese from China was translated into typhoon after it spread abroad.

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Both hurricanes and typhoons refer to tropical cyclones with wind speeds exceeding 33 m/s, but they have different names because of different regions. Strong tropical cyclones generated in the northwest Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea are called "typhoons"; It is generated in the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the eastern North Pacific Ocean and is called a hurricane.

One of the reasons why tropical oceans produce hurricanes is that warm seawater is its power "fuel". Usually accompanied by strong winds and heavy rains, it seriously threatens the safety of people's lives and property and has a great impact on people's livelihood, agriculture and economy. It is a natural disaster with great influence and serious harm.

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