China Naming Network - Eight-character Q&A - Do typhoons, cyclones and storm surges belong to tropical cyclones? If not, are they cyclones?
Do typhoons, cyclones and storm surges belong to tropical cyclones? If not, are they cyclones?
Typhoon is a kind of tropical cyclone.
According to the nature of storms, storm surges are usually divided into temperate storm surges caused by temperate cyclones and typhoon storm surges caused by typhoons. Typhoon can cause storm surge, but storm surge is not necessarily caused by typhoon.
Typhoon is a meteorological disaster. Storm surge is a marine disaster. The two sometimes happen at the same time.
Cyclone is a kind of rotating air vortex, which flies into the air with dust carried by the ground. This vortex is what we usually see, and it is a natural phenomenon caused by air flow.
All belong to a whirlwind.