In addition to the Caribbean/Gulf of Mexico region, where else are holidaymakers likely to face hurricanes?
Revolving storms occur in all oceanic basins inside the tropics. They are called hurricanes in the Atlantic/Caribbean sector, off the Pacific coast of Mexico and California, and around Hawaii. In the north-west Pacific – around the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan – they are called typhoons, while around Australia and in the Indian Ocean they are known as cyclones. But they are all essentially the same beast. In the north-west Pacific the season lasts throughout the year, although the peak months are between June and November. In Australia, the tropical coastline of northern Queensland, the Northern Territory and the northern coast of Western Australia receive occasional hits from cyclones – generally not as intense as their Atlantic cousins – between January and April. The holiday islands of the southern Indian Ocean – Mauritius, Reunion, the Comoros (but not the Seychelles, which are too close to the Equator) – are also most at risk between January and April.
