How it is formed?

Start with an unstable air mass formed over a dry

area (like Australia or Africa)
The air mass moves over warm ocean water. Warm
as in at least 26.5 C or 80 F.
As the air mass is unstable it will cause convergence
in the lower part of the atmosphere., over the warm water.
As the air comes together it will rise.
Condensation occurs aloft, forming convective cloud.
This occurs to a great extent forming cumulonimbus
clouds. The air continues to rise but because the water
below is so warm, more moisture gets sucked up.
It is usually said that the winds aloft are light. This is
only sort of true. What it should include is no wind sheer
aloft. This means that the rising air is allow to continue to
rise in the same column, over the warm water. If the winds
are too strong or there is a wind sheer (change in direction
and strength) the rising air will move away and the
developing storm will "fall over" for a lack of a better term.
This occurs between 5 and 20 degrees latitude. At
those latitudes the Coriolis effect is light but not non-
existent. Light Coriolis allows the convergence to continue,
whereas a stronger Coriolis will slow the convergence as it
deflects the air due to the rotation of the Earth.
 So the air keeps rises and forms more cloud, but
because you have a whole ocean of warm water
underneath the storm keeps sucking up moisture. This
forms a multitude of cumulonimbus clouds that form
together into a tropical storm and eventually a typhoon or
hurricane.