New Zealand

Australia & Oceania

Cuba

Caribbean

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Mongolia

China

East Asia

Germany

Italy

Europe

Chile

Argentina

Colombia

Paraguay

Uruguay

Brazil

Latin America

Canada

United States

Mexico

North America

Bangladesh

South Asia

Iraq

Southwest Asia and North Africa

South Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

<p> A world map shows areas of strong tornado occurrences, marked in red dots. Tornadoes cluster mainly in the eastern region of North America. Other regions include Argentina, parts of Europe, Japan, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, and southern Africa.</p>

<p>The areas that show the greatest concentration of dots have the highest frequency of tornadoes</p>

Areas of Tornado Occurrence

World

Tornado Archive

Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

Nauru

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Tuvalu

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Martin (France)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Holy See (Vatican City)

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Kosovo

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Montserrat (U.K.)

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

Belize

Bolivia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

French Guiana (France)

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Peru

Suriname

Venezuela

Curaçao (Neth.)

Faeroe Is. (Denmark)

Falkland Is. (U.K.)

Greenland (Denmark)

Guadeloupe (France)

Mauritania

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

Réunion (France)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

Tonga

Vanuatu

None

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence				Gun Ownership
Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence	Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence	Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence	Areas of Strong Tornado Occurrence	Class	Rank	Per 100 people
2	1
		1

88.5	13.333333333333334	1.5

1.5
8.166666666666666	3.5	1

732.3333333333334	182.33333333333334	54.5	5
1

1
5	5	1