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Subject: Typhoons! From: jumelage@ix.netcom.com Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 11:58:48 -0600 Just had to comment on this one. The difference is that the storms swirl in different directions. Typhoons are below the equator and hurricanes are north of the equator. Otherwise there is no difference. Having survived numerous instances of both types I feel somewhat qualified to answer! You've probably already received a couple of dozen messages like this, but in case not... A "hurricane" is the name given to a tropical storm occurring in the Atlantic Ocean or Eastern Pacific Ocean. (Hurricane Nora for example.) A "typhoon" is the exact same sort of storm, it's just that it's occurring on the western side of the Pacific Ocean.