Hurricane season in the Atlantic runs until the end of the month, and although November hurricanes are fairly unusual there, I thought I'd sneak in one more hurricane-related Franklin Fact before the season ends.

Actually, I want to focus on typhoons, which are simply hurricanes in the western North Pacific Ocean. Because these storms affect countries such as Japan, the Philippines, and Malaysia, the names assigned to typhoons reflect that cultural diversity. Here's a look at some of the names. They aren't divided into yearly lists as in the Atlantic. Instead, they're just used sequentially - so, for example, if the last storm this year is Lingling, the first storm next year will be Kaziki.

The waters of the western Pacific are the warmest in the world, so on average, typhoons tend to get a little stronger than hurricanes. In fact, the prefix "super" is used if winds reach 150 mph, something that's rare in the Atlantic. So far this year, there have been two supertyphoons, while last year there were five.