Cyclones and such

Cyclone Gamede is sitting on the eastern shore of Madagascar and will possibly be the next cyclone to hit Mozambique this year. Last week Cyclone Favio hit the village of Vilan Kulos (where a group of us spent the holidays and got scuba certified) just a couple of hours south of Beira. It pretty much wiped out the entire village. So, i'm sure you're wondering what the difference is between a cyclone, a hurricane, and a typhoon...well,
If a tropical storm is located in the Northwestern Pacific it is considered a Typhoon.
If a tropical storm is located in the rest of the Pacific or the Atlantic it is called a Hurricane
and
If a tropical storm is located in the tropics it is called a Cyclone
learn something new everyday :o)