Hurricanes and tropical storms ( such as Tropical Storm Floyd in 1999 ), tornadoes, and earthquakes are rare.

There are also several charter firms and smaller airlines, such as Bold Aviation Ltd., Tropical Air and Coastal Aviation Ltd.

Tropical fruit such as avocado also benefit from special seed treatments ( specifically invented for that particular tropical fruit )

Tropical rainforest is present in Southeast Asia ( from Myanmar ( Burma ) to Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and northeastern Australia ), Sri Lanka, sub-Saharan Africa from Cameroon to the Congo ( Congo Rainforest ), South America ( e. g. the Amazon Rainforest ), Central America ( e. g. Bosawás, southern Yucatán Peninsula-El Peten-Belize-Calakmul ), and on many of the Pacific Islands ( such as

Tropical forestry is a separate branch of forestry which deals mainly with equatorial forests that yield woods such as teak and mahogany.

Other species such as mahogany grow slower than teak in Tropical America but are also extremely valuable.

Tropical cyclones are distinguished from other cyclonic storms such as nor ' easters and polar lows by the heat mechanism that fuels them, which makes them " warm core " storm systems.

: Tropical cyclones form in the oceans if the conditions in the area are favorable, and depending on their strength and location, there are various terms by which they are called, such as tropical depression, tropical storm, hurricane and typhoon.

Tropical oils, such as coconut, palm, and rice bran oils, are particularly valued in Asian cultures for high temperature cooking, because of their unusually high flash point.

These buildings are dotted amongst expansive lawns and thickets of trees such as the Sunken Garden and the Tropical Grove.

Tropical species have year round recruitment where temperate species such as the short-finned eel have strong seasonal recruitment.

The CGIAR Fund supports 15 international agricultural research centers such as the International Rice Research Institute ( IRRI ), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture ( IITA ), the International Livestock Research Institute ( ILRI ), the International Food Policy Research Institute ( IFPRI ) and the Center for International Forestry Research ( CIFOR ) that form the CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers and are located in various countries worldwide ( as of 2011 ), The centers carry out research on various agricultural commodities, livestock, fish, water, forestry, policy and management.

Lying on the Gulf of Mexico, Coatzacoalcos has been struck by several hurricanes and tropical storms such as: Hurricane Diana in August 1990, Hurricane Mitch in November 1998, Tropical Storm Larry in October 2003, Hurricane Stan in October 2005, Hurricane Dean in August 2007, Tropical Storm Marco in October 2008, Tropical Storm Hermine in early September 2010, Hurricane Karl in mid September 2010, Tropical Storm Matthew in late September 2010, and Hurricane Richard in October 2010.

After the success of Escrava Isaura, Lucélia continued making popular Rede Globo telenovelas, such as Locomotivas ( 1977 ), Dancin ' Days ( 1978 ), Água Viva ( 1980 ), Ciranda de Pedra ( 1981 ), Guerra dos Sexos ( 1986 ), Vereda Tropical ( 1984 ), and Sinhá Moça ( 1986 ).

Note that such a perpetual calendar fails to indicate the dates of moveable feasts such as Easter, which are calculated based on a combination of events in the Tropical year and lunar cycles.

Tropical fruits such as avocado also benefit from special seed treatments ( specifically invented for that particular tropical fruit )

Tropical grasses, such as sugar cane and maize are C < sub > 4 </ sub > plants, but there are many broadleaf plants that are C < sub > 4 </ sub >.

His off-beat companions are the Iron Tummy, who can eat any amount of spicy food without suffering intestinal distress, Treader Man who is a fantastic swimmer, the Tropical Oil Man, who defeats villains by giving them high cholesterol, the Oxide Man who can damage mechanical enemies such as robots etc.

The confectionery has been sold in a variety of flavour collections, such as Tropical and Wild Berry.

Where the intensity or track of a forecast cyclone are uncertain ( such as a tropical storm bordering hurricane intensity or on the edge of a track ), a Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch are often in effect at the same time on parts of the coast.

*** Puffinus ( lherminieri ) bailloni, Tropical Shearwater or Baillon's Shearwater, not agreed upon as to whether a ssp.

** ( Tropical ) Audubon's Shearwater ( Puffinus lherminieri / bailloni )

* Mascarene Shearwater, Puffinus atrodorsalis, in 1995, now considered indistinguishable from the Tropical Shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri bailloni ( or P. bailloni bailloni )

Over 1. 25 million seabirds regularly breed on Aride including the world's largest colony of Lesser Noddy, the largest Seychelles population of Roseate Terns and the world's largest colony of Tropical Shearwater.

Scientists also state that, Tropical deforestation releases 1. 5 billion tons of carbon each year into the atmosphere.

Panama also is one of the founding members of the Union of Banana Exporting Countries and belongs to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.

The islands were also struck by Hurricane Bertha in 1996, Hurricane Georges in 1998, Hurricane Lenny in 1999, Tropical Storm Jeanne in 2004, Hurricane Omar in 2008, Hurricane Earl in 2010, and Tropical Storm Otto in 2010, but damage was less severe in those storms.

In the following year, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases was also launched.

Tropical and subtropical areas, but cases also occur in temperate areas ( including the South of the United States ).

Jacksonville also suffered damage from 2008's Tropical Storm Fay which crisscrossed the state, bringing parts of Jacksonville under darkness for four days.

But then, it also contributed to the deluge in Australia, which resulted in one of that country's worst natural disasters with large parts of Queensland either under water from floods of unusual proportions or being battered by tropical cyclones, including that of category 5 Tropical Cyclone Yasi.

The Area also is occasionally affected by the remnants of landfalling Hurricanes and Tropical Storms.

Tulane's School of Tropical Medicine also remains the only one of its kind in the country.

With a team of students, he also completed a mural, known sometimes as Tropical America, in 1932 at the Italian Hall at Olvera Street in Los Angeles.

Loa loa filariasis ( also known as loiasis, loaiasis, Calabar swellings, Fugitive swelling, Tropical swelling and African eyeworm ) is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm, loa loa.

Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ( TSMF ), also known as tropical moist forests, are a tropical and subtropical forest biome.

See also Tropical Storm Washi

Margai also attended the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

Tropical fruits are also among the main products of the province.

It does not include the temperate and polar regions of the Indian and Pacific oceans, and the Tropical Eastern Pacific, along the Pacific coast of the Americas, is also a distinct marine realm.

Bilharz also described Schistosoma mansoni but this species was redescribed by Louis Westenra Sambon in 1907 at the London School of Tropical Medicine who named it after his teacher Patrick Manson.

There also publications on Pathology, Surgery, Ambulatory Surgery, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Spider and Snake Poisons, Transplants, Toxicology, Tropical Medicine, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, AIDS, Fetal Medicine, Oncology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Preventive and Social Medicine.

Two early water sport games, both based on waterskiing, were also released that year: Taito's Water Ski and Irem's Tropical Angel, the latter also featuring a female player character.