Question

How are Cyclones classified?

Answer 1

The only difference between a hurricane, a cyclone, and a typhoon is the location where the storm occurs. Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are all the same weather phenomenon; we just use different names for these storms in different places. In the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, the term “hurricane” is used, while the term cyclone is used in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.
Hurricanes are classified according to wind speed and flooding. The Saffir-Simpson Scale has been used by meteorologists since 1969 as a way to compare damage inflicted by tropical storms by virtue of wind speed and storm surge.

Answer 2

Cyclones are classified on the basics wind speed.

Explanation:

• In terms of geography Cyclones are mainly classified due to the characteristics of wind.
• The classification of cyclone is done in two categories. Very severe cyclonic storm and Extremely severe cyclonic storm.
• As we just found out cyclones are classified according to the speed of winds so these two classified Cyclones also have their hurricane-force where Very severe cyclonic storm has force of 73-102mph and the extremely severe cyclonic storm has the hurricane-force of 166-221 kilometer/hour.