Question

What's the difference between a cyclone and a hurricane?

Answer 1

When the low pressure system of the tropical cyclone reaches the tropics, then it is called a hurricane.

Answer 2

Hurricanes are extremely violent cyclones, typically originating near the equator and moving north. Hurricanes are usually accompanied by heavy rains.

Cyclones are violent storms with winds that twist clockwise in the southern hemisphere, and counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere.