Submitted by databeautifier t3_11ij5le in dataisbeautiful
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).
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.
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.
Funicularly t1_jayoncf wrote
Which space accident had 300 deaths?
databeautifier OP t1_jaypua5 wrote
The source (Wikipedia) categorizes the "Nedelin catastrophe" that way since a rocket exploded before launch and up to 300 people died. I go into more detail in this comment:
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/11ij5le/comment/jaypfgq
iiSpook t1_jb0mbhc wrote
What's the agenda?
Commercial-9751 t1_jb0uao3 wrote
Clearly the anti-flood agenda.
ar243 t1_jb1eqla wrote
Big Flood™ agenda
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.
mrpickles t1_jb01jrq wrote
Doesn't tornado = cyclone ?
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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