St. Luke explains (Acts xxvii. 14) that it was the 'typhonic wind called.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels] Reference

It is called a "tempestuous wind," i.e., as literally rendered, a "typhonic wind," or a typhoon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference

"Still," he continued, "the Celestials have implanted maternal love in the breast of the lioness, of the typhonic river-horse of the Nile.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference

14, 15. a tempestuous -- "typhonic" wind -- that is, like a typhon or tornado, causing a whirling of the clouds, owing to the meeting of opposite currents of air. called Euroclydon -- The true reading appears to be Euro-aquilo, or east-northeast, which answers all the effects here ascribed to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference