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Subject: E25) Which countries have had the most tropical cyclones hits?
Contributed by Ethan Gibney
This table ranks the top ten coutries by most tropical cyclone strikes. These
numbers are approximated from the
IBTrACS database and include only those storm tracks that intersected
the coastline at hurricane intensity (≥ 65 kt) and does NOT include storms
that remained just offshore but may have affected the country.
Total number of tropical cyclone hits by country
| Rank |
Nation |
Hits |
| 1 | United States
of America | 268 |
| 2 | China | 230 |
| 3 | Philippines | 176 |
| 4 | Mexico | 134 |
| 5 | Japan | 133 |
| 6 | Cuba | 79 |
| 7 | Australia | 66 |
| 8 | Bahamas | 61 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 45 |
| 10 | Madagascar | 30 |
However, it should be noted that some basins have longer histories of
such activity and this might bias these counts. So the following is
the ranking if we only look at storms since 1970, when world-wide
satellite coverage became available.
Ranking of tropical cyclone hits by country
since 1970
| Rank |
Nation |
| 1 | China |
| 2 | Philippines |
| 3 | Japan |
| 4 | Mexico |
| 5 | United States
of America |
| 6 | Australia |
| 7 | Taiwan |
| 8 | Vietnam |
| 9 | Madagascar |
| 10 | Cuba |
Last Updated : April 22, 2010
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