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Willkillforfood

Willkillforfood said:

I never hear the word "cyclone" used much here in the states. We call the water-based ones water spouts.

If a tornado and a hurricane are both cyclones then a water tornado would be a hurricane.

PureRebel said:

cyclones are formed over water, and i think tornadoes are land based?

I was stating that a cyclone formed over water is a hurricane. I've never heard of a "spout" but I don't doubt the phrase is used somewhere. I do know that tornados can go onto water, but usually are not that destructive.