That combination keeps the local area at a consistent tropical green year-round.
The stretch of Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle already has been hit with three tropical systems this year -- Hurricane Dennis and tropical storms Arlene and Cindy.
The Philippines is struck by several typhoons and tropical storms every year, but the south of the country usually escapes the worst damage.
Africa's year-round tropical temperatures offer no winter to freeze off disease cycles, so each year nearly half the sweet potato crop fails.
I'm going to do a master's program in London for a year in tropical medicine and international health.
At least 3, 651 people checked into New York City's emergency shelters by 6 p.m. on Monday, fewer than the 10, 000 who did the same during Tropical Storm Irene last year.
"Every year in tropical countries we lose about an area of forest about the size of New York state, " said Peter Frumhoff, of the advocacy group the Union of Concerned Scientists.
His brother, Roger, visits the beach once a year, like a tropical storm that changes everything.
It takes, on average, 6 months or more for food to be purchased, shipped and delivered: meaning that food aid normally arrives at around the time of the next harvest (many tropical areas have two harvests a year).
Overall, this year will be a unique tropical season, with few long tracked storms originating off the African coast.
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On Thursday, Tropical Storm Alma, the first one of the year in the eastern Pacific, formed near the west coast of Central America, according to the National Weather Service.
According to the World Health Organisation, dengue is now endemic in more than 100 tropical and sub-tropical countries around the world, affecting some 50m people a year, mostly in urban or semi-urban areas.
This year marks the first time in recorded history that a tropical storm has formed in both the east Pacific basin and Atlantic basin before the official start of hurricane season, the Hurricane Center said.
The following year he was appointed to the Sir Alfred Jones Chair of Tropical Medicine at the University of Liverpool, and became Professor of Tropical Medicine at the university.
Tropical countries are plagued by ecological conditions that produce hundreds of infective bites per year per person.
With more than 20 feet of rain a year, these forests are as wet - and correspondingly lush - as a tropical rainforest.
National Geographic Expeditions runs tours throughout the year for the same price, covering natural wonders like Easter Island and the tropical Daintree rain forest in Australia.
Last year, when Mr. Bloomberg ordered the same evacuation of low-lying areas as Tropical Storm Irene barreled up the East Coast, roughly 60% complied, the mayor estimated.
The Tropical Hotel, once used as a military intelligence center before becoming Aitarak's headquarters earlier this year, turned up a trove of papers requesting funding, fuel and logistical support from the Indonesian military.
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And delayed purchases may be especially acute this year, given the Labor Day weekend washout expected at many East Coast stores, thanks to Tropical Storm Ernesto.
The plant would generate 10 megawatts of power by exploiting natural temperature variations in tropical seas, and unlike other renewable energy sources it would operate nonstop 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
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