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Western North Pacific | 2023 Tropical cyclone season | DG ECHO Daily Map - 29/01/2024

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  • The tropical cyclone season across the Western North Pacific basin lasts throughout the whole year, averaging nearly 27 typhoons/tropical storms per year during the reference period 1959-2020.

  • The 2023 season was well below the average, with 18 meteorological systems, of which 11 typhoons.

  • The number of fatalities across the affected countries reached 135.

Source: GDACS, JTWC, WMO