A cyclones is virtually any large-scale low pressure system that rotates cyclonically (counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere). Cyclones are generally associated with rain and thunderstorms but not necessarily violent or severe weather. A tornado is a violently rotating column of air extending from the base of a thunderstorm to the ground. In weather terms tornadoes are small, 50 yards wide on average and rarely exceeding a mile wide, though on rare occasions tornadoes up to 2.5 miles wide have occurred. Tornadoes are also short lived, lasting 10 minutes on average, though a few have lasted for over 3 hours. Tornadoes form from interactions of air currents in a thunderstorm. Typhoons are tropical cyclones with winds of at least 74 mph. In addition to having strong winds these storms bring heavy rain and flooding. The average hurricane/ typhoon is about 300 miles wide and forms over the course of several days. Unlike tornadoes, which are generally as land-based event, these systems develop from disorganized clusters of thunderstorms that feed of the moisture from warm ocean water, organize, and then intensify.

A typhoon is a tropical storn with lots of water mixed with wind, the wind can be going in any direction. A cyclone is a circular weather patern where the wind goes round in a circle with an epicenter of calm air. Could be maybe a mile wide? A tornado is a smalll eddy of air, perhaps 10 meters wide and causes a huge amount of damage.