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Blog: Know your storm seasons
Source: IRIN
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NAIROBI, 14 July 2008 (IRIN) - Here's a handy guide to global storm seasons...For the North Atlantic storm region affecting the
Caribbean and Central America, the annual season runs from June to November. The Northeast Pacific region, affecting mainly Western Mexico and the Northwest Pacific affecting East Asia runs in the
same period. The North Indian Ocean storm region meanwhile affects South Asia including Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and runs from May to November. South Indian Ocean on the other hand
runs from October to April and affects mainly Eastern Africa including Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique and Tanzania. Finally, the Southwest Pacific storm region affects the South pacific
islands of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga. It runs from January to May. am/bp © IRIN. All rights reserved. More humanitarian news and analysis: http://www.IRINnews.org
