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The effects of climate change on tropical cyclones

In the Climate Risk Index 2021 tropical cyclones led to six countries being listed among the Bottom 10. Mozambique (1), Zimbabwe (2) and Malawi (5) were struck by Cyclone Idai (and Kenneth), the Bahamas (3) were hit by Hurricane Dorian, in Japan (4) Typhoon Hagibis caused massive destruction, and various cyclones affected India (7).

The following info-box highlights the role of climate change in increasing the intensity of tropical cyclones and in increasing precipitation.