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I read some tropical stats on the 2013 hurricane seasons. The stark differences are staggering:
Atlantic
Tropical Depressions - 13
Tropical Storms - 12
Hurricanes - 2
Major Hurricanes (Cat 3 or higher) - 0
Eastern Pacific
Tropical Depressions - 21
Tropical Storms - 20
Hurricanes - 9
Major Hurricanes (Cat 3 or higher) - 1
Western Pacific
Tropical Depressions - 48
Tropical Storms - 30
Hurricanes - 13
Major Hurricanes (Cat 3 or higher) - 5
Here's the link to Wikipedia's portal for global tropical cyclones. They give an excellent summary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Tropical_cyclones
Here's the link to NASA's post on Earth Observatory about Super Typhoon Haiyan.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82341&eocn=home&eoci=nh
Here's another link to s superb summary on Weather Underground:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2573
