During the start of the current decade, the number of reported deaths due to tropical cyclones worldwide amounted to 2,670. The 10-year period with the highest recorded figures was between 2000 and 2009, where 167,300 deaths were reported due to tropical cyclones. Since 1970, almost 800 thousand deaths due to cyclones have been registered across the globe. Meanwhile, the number of tropical cyclones globally has increased continuously in the past half a century.
Number of deaths reported caused by tropical cyclones worldwide from 1970 to 2021
(in 1,000s)
Characteristic
Number of deaths in thousands
2020-2021
2.67
2010-2019
19.64
2000-2009
167.3
1990-1999
202
1980-1989
38.2
1970-1979
350.4
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