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AnnuAl GlobAl Cli mAte And C AtAstroph e r e port 2009 Indian Ocean and Southern Pacific Cyclone Season Review Figure 10: Indian Ocean & South Pacific Cyclones Over The Last 25 Years Cyclones The downward trend of tropical system frequency continued in 2009 across the northern and southern Indian Ocean and the southern Pacific Ocean. A total of 29 named storms developed in the region, 13 percent below the 25-year average of 33.5. Of those storms, eight cyclones formed – 49 percent below the 25-year average of 15.8. Only five of the eight cyclones reached Category 3 or higher – 34 percent below the 25-year average of 7.6. Of the eight cyclones, three made landfall – 38 percent below the 25-year average of 4.8. Most of the storms that developed in the southern Pacific Ocean stayed offshore and only achieved tropical storm status. However, one storm, Cyclone Hamish, reached a peak intensity of 240 kph (150 mph) while it remained just off the queensland coastline. The system developed on March 5th and dissipated by March 12th. The southern Indian Ocean was more active, producing seven cyclones, of which five achieved at least Category 3 strength. Only one of these storms, Cyclone Fanele, made landfall in Madagascar. The system developed on January 19th and dissipated by January 22nd. Cyclone Gael approached the eastern coast of Madagascar in early February with peak winds of 220 kph (140 mph), though it turned to the south and southeast right before it made landfall. The northern Indian Ocean was very quiet, with only three tropical storms and one cyclone. The cyclone, named Aila, developed on May 24th and dissipated by May 25th with peak winds of 120 kph (75 mph). Aila made landfall during its peak intensity and caused damage to India and Bangladesh. 12 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Year 1998 1999 2000 Normal = 15.8 Indian Ocean & South Pacific Cyclones 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2009 United States Tornado Season Review Figure 11: United States Tornadoes Over The Last 25 Years 2,000 Tornadoes 1,500 1,000 500 0 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Year Aon b e n field: i m pAC t foreC AstinG After 2008’s active season, the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma counted approximately 1,109 tornadoes through mid-December, compared to 1,691 in 2008, 1,093 in 2007 and a 25-year average of 1,132. 2009’s count was two percent below the 25-year average and 34 percent lower than 2008’s near-record year. A total of ten killer tornadoes occurred across the United States in 2009. This total was substantially lower than 2008, when 38 killer tornadoes occurred. 2009 broke the trend of the rise of tornado deaths since 2004. 2008 had the highest number of tornado deaths, 128, since 1998. 2009 only recorded 22 tornado deaths, 62 percent lower than an average year of 57 deaths. Like 2008, February was the deadliest month for tornadoes, with nine lives lost. Of the 22 deaths in 2009, 12 occurred in mobile homes, eight in permanent homes, one in a vehicle and one in a commercial structure. The majority of the tornado deaths in 2009 occurred from one tornado that moved through Lone Creek, Oklahoma on February 10th. Eight people died when an EF4 tornado struck a mobile home park and moved northwest of Ardmore, Oklahoma after dark. On February 18th, an EF3 tornado killed one person and destroyed a church and four mobile homes in Hickory Grove, Georgia. On April 9th, an EF3 tornado moved through the town of Mena, Arkansas and killed three people. The same storm system spawned an EF4 tornado that caused significant damage and two fatalities in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. On April 19th, an EF1 tornado destroyed a mobile home in the community of Asbury, Alabama and killed one person. On May 8th, three frame houses and numerous outbuildings were destroyed in Charity, Texas by an EF2 tornado that killed one person. Two people were killed in Madison County, Kentucky on May 8th when their mobile home was destroyed by an EF3 tornado. On May 13th, two killer tornadoes in Missouri, an EF1 near Milan and an EF2 near Kirksville, killed three people. The last killer tornado of 2009 occurred on October 9th in Washington County, Mississippi. An EF2 tornado destroyed three mobile homes and damaged 16 homes while killing one person. 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Normal = 1,132 U.S. Tornadoes 2006 2007 2008 2009 13
Page 1 and 2: ANNUAL GLOBAL CLIMATE AND CATASTROP
Page 3 and 4: Table of Contents ExECUTIvE SUMMARy
Page 5 and 6: Aon b e n field: i m pAC t foreC As
Page 7 and 8: 2009 Climate Review Aon b e n field
Page 9 and 10: 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season Revi
Page 11: 2009 Western Pacific Typhoon Season
Page 15 and 16: 2010 Climate and Atlantic Hurricane
Page 19 and 20: Figure 20: 2007 Forecast forecast p
Page 21 and 22: 2009 Monthly Catastrophe Review Jan
Page 27 and 28: March Aon b e n field: i m pAC t fo
Page 33 and 34: May • tropical Cyclone Aila destr
Page 37 and 38: June Aon b e n field: i m pAC t for
Page 43 and 44: August Aon b e n field: i m pAC t f
Page 49 and 50: October • four separate typhoons
Page 51 and 52: November • historic rainfall trig
Page 53 and 54: December • first major winter sto
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Oceania (Australia, New Guinea, New
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Eastern Pacific Ocean Basin (ENSO)
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