Which Countries Get the Most Tropical Cyclones?

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In short: Ocean basins can be compared by tropical cyclone activity, but any country ranking depends on the chosen measure, whether landfalls, absolute exposure or relative exposure.

A 1:27 short film in the series “Invisible Atmosphere”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.

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