Global Distribution of Tropical Storms
- Tropical storms are rotating, intense low-pressure systems (below 950mb)
- They are known as:
- Typhoons in the South China Sea and west Pacific Ocean
- Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and west coast of Mexico
- Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean and northern Australia
- They develop over the warm tropical oceans between 5° and 30° north and south of the equator
Distribution of tropical storms