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v-r-s t1_jayki15 wrote

A typhoon, hurricane and cyclone are the exact same thing. Also theres a massive intersect between those three and the statistics between flood/tornado deaths.

How are we counting the data between hurricanes and floods when both aren’t mutually exclusive and several Atlantic hurricanes death toll are significantly higher to disprove that abysmally low hurricane statistic (i.e. Hurricane Mitch).

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ar243 t1_jaykwxm wrote

Yeah, the worst hurricane had ~10k deaths. The chart only shows 2k.

There are already a lot of comments pointing out the flaws in this infographic, and it seems like OP let an agenda get in the way of using accurate information.

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databeautifier OP t1_jaynmd6 wrote

TIL a typhoon, hurricane and cyclone are the same thing! I was just going off the sources cited in the visualization and my first post which draw a distinction between them. Sorry for any confusion.

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iiSpook t1_jb0mabm wrote

They are distinguished by the location they are formed at. It's like calling a meteorite and an asteroid the same thing. Well, yes, technically they are but we (as in actual smart people) decided it was worth making a distinction between them.

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mrpickles t1_jb01jrq wrote

Doesn't tornado = cyclone ?

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Pademelon1 t1_jb02mcb wrote

Tornados are sometimes referred to as cyclones, but that is an incorrect usage. True cyclones are similar to Hurricanes, except they form in a different region, and rotate a different direction.

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