A hurricane or typhoon is a type of tropical cyclone ... of winds near the earth's surface (clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere). All Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastal areas are subject ...

Satellite imagery from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center showed cyclones ... tropical cyclone energy in the Southern Hemisphere is running more than 138% above normal. This surge in activity ...

The only other difference is that, in the Southern Hemisphere, cyclones spin clockwise ... is from the National Hurricane Center and Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Satellite map Imagery is from ...

This made it the strongest tropical cyclone on record in the entire southern hemisphere, based on wind speed estimates from the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. (However, the period of reliable ...