South Pacific Ocean
See also: List of South Pacific cyclone seasonsThe South Pacific Ocean basin starts at 160°E and extends to 120°W with cyclones developing in it officially monitored by Fiji and New Zealand's Meteorological Services. Tropical Cyclones that develop within this basin generally affect countries to the west of the dateline, though during El Nino's cyclones have been known to develop to the east of the dateline near French Polynesia. On average the basin sees nine tropical cyclones annually with about 1/2 of them becoming severe tropical cyclones.
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