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  2. Tropical cyclone basins - Wikipedia

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    The Northwest Pacific Ocean, or Western North Pacific, is the most active basin on the planet, accounting for one third of all tropical cyclone activity. Annually, an average of 25.7 tropical cyclones in the basin acquire tropical storm strength or greater; also, an average of 16 typhoons occurred each year during the 1968–1989 period.

  3. Atlantic hurricane - Wikipedia

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    An Atlantic hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean primarily between June and November. The terms "hurricane", "typhoon", and "tropical cyclone" can be used interchangeably to describe this weather phenomenon. These storms are continuously rotating around a low pressure center, which causes stormy weather ...

  4. Tropical cyclone - Wikipedia

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    A hurricane is a strong tropical cyclone that occurs in the Atlantic Ocean or northeastern Pacific Ocean, and a typhoon occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. In the Indian Ocean and South Pacific, comparable storms are referred to as "tropical cyclones", and such storms in the Indian Ocean can also be called "severe cyclonic storms".

  5. List of Atlantic–Pacific crossover hurricanes - Wikipedia

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    An AtlanticPacific crossover hurricane is a tropical cyclone that develops in the Atlantic Ocean and moves into the Pacific Ocean, or vice versa. Since reliable records began in 1851, a total of twenty-one crossover tropical cyclones have been recorded.

  6. Why doesn’t the Pacific Northwest get hurricanes? We ... - AOL

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    Ian also became the 46th Atlantic Ocean hurricane to achieve at least ... and there have been only 16 years ... The storm became the farthest-ever north Pacific hurricane and came close to the ...

  7. 'The tropics are broken:' So where are all the Atlantic ... - AOL

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    The 2024 hurricane season is not going as predicted – yet. So far this year there have been more storms in the Pacific than the Atlantic, including the three spinning now, and that's a surprise ...

  8. Outline of tropical cyclones - Wikipedia

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    The National Hurricane Center is responsible for the region east of 140°W, while the Central Pacific Hurricane Center is responsible for storms forming west of 140°W to the International Date Line. Atlantic hurricane – a tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean.

  9. Thousands feared dead after cyclone slams into Indian Ocean ...

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    Hurricanes happen in the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific, typhoons occur in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, while cyclones take place in the northwestern Pacific Ocean ...