ARUNASHAL PRADESH

JAMMU & KASHMIRAKSAI CHIN

MALDIVES

SRI LANKA

INDIA

NEPAL BHUTANBANGLADESH

MYANMARLAO PDR

THAILAND

CHINA

MONGOLIA

DPR KOREARO KOREA JAPAN

CAMBODIA

VIET NAM

PHILIPPINES

BRUNEI DARUSSALAMMALAYSIA

SINGAPORE

INDONESIA

PALAU MICRONESIA (FSO)MARSHALL ISLANDS

KIRIBATI

NAURU

TIMOR-LESTE

PAPUANEW GUINEA

SOLOMON ISLANDS

AUSTRALIA

VANUATU

New Caledonia (Fra.)

Norfolk Island (Aus.)

NEW ZEALAND

TUVALUTokelau (N.Z.)

FIJI

TONGAPitcairn (U.K.)

Wallis and Futuna (Fra.)

American Samoa (U.S.)Niue (N.Z.)

Cook Islands (N.Z.)

French Polynesia (Fra.)

Guam (U.S.)Northern Mariana Islands (U.S.)

Christmas Island (Aus.)Cocos (Keeling) islands (Aus.)

TaiwanProvince of China

SAMOA

International Date Line

Last 50 Years Tropical Storms in Asia-Pacific: 1968 - 2018

Disclaimers: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. | Feedback: ocha-roap@un.org, www.unocha.org/roap | Creation date: 14 March 2019 Sources: UN Cartographic Section, UNISYS, NOAA | Map Ref: OCHA_ROAP_StormTracks_v8_190314

Fifty years of tropical storms inAsia-PacificThis map shows a consilidated history oftropical storm paths over the past 50years in the Asia-Pacific region. The areaof calm either side of the equator can beseen clearly, leaving Indonesia, Malaysia,Singapore and Papua New Guinea largelyunaffected by major storms.In the northern Pacific, island nationssuch as Micronesia, the Marshall Islandsand Palau, as well as the territories ofthe Northern Mariana Islands and Guam,lie in the path of many of the mostdestructive storms, which often reachtheir peak as they hit the Philippines andJapan.Less frequent but occasionally damagingstorms also strike in the Indian Oceanand the Bay of Bengal. South of theequator, Australia and more than a dozenpacific island nations and territoriessuffer from regular tropical storms.

Storm Category Pressure(mb)

Wind(mph)

Wind(kmh)

Surge(ft)

Tropical Depression - <39 <63 -Tropical Storm - 39-73 63-117 -Category 1 >980 74-95 118-153 4-5Category 2 965-980 96-110 153-177 6-8Category 3 945-965 111-130 178-209 9-12Category 4 920-945 131-155 210-249 13-18Category 5 <920 >155 >249 >18

UNISYS at the Pacific Disaster Centre: http://www.pdc.org/mde