Hurricane season ends without major incidents - USA and Japan spared

The reinsurer Munich Re estimates this year's total damages at 22 billion dollars. That would be just a fifth of the ten-year average. The Dax corporation published the preliminary calculation on its website. Tropical cyclones in three oceans Tropical cyclones can form in three oceans: the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian Ocean. Accordingly, three names are common depending on the region of the world: In the northern Atlantic and eastern Pacific, they are called hurricanes and frequently hit the Caribbean, the USA, and Mexico. Typhoons form in the northwestern Pacific; they regularly cause damage in several coastal states. These include Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, southeastern China, and Vietnam. On the northern hemisphere, typhoons and hurricanes occur from early summer to autumn. In the Indian Ocean and the southwestern Pacific, tropical cyclones are known as cyclones, with Bangladesh having been severely affected multiple times in past decades. Seventeen typhoons and ...