Definition
Hurricanes and typhoons are tropical cyclones with different origins and areas of impact. They are meteorological natural disasters that have significant impacts, could have cascading effects, and could be exploited for terror purposes.
Introduction
Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons in the context of security and emergency management go beyond a simple definition. They must be looked at not just from the physical characteristics and potential devastation, but holistically with regard to cascading events, resiliency, and homeland security impacts.
Simply, hurricanes are tropical cyclones that originate in the Atlantic Basin (typically the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico) and the eastern and central North Pacific Ocean. Typhoons are tropical cyclones typically in the Northwest Pacific. Tropical cyclonenomenclature is typically used for storms that are in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean. Hence, geographical location determines what the storm is called...
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Gordon, G.A., Young, R.R. (2019). Natural Hazards: Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons. In: Shapiro, L., Maras, MH. (eds) Encyclopedia of Security and Emergency Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69891-5_88-1
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