List of Asian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
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These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred in Asia, including the Arabian Peninsula.
Bangladesh
Cambodia
China
Dozens of tornadoes touch down in China each year, with an average of 44 based on a survey from 2003 to 2019. The country's areas most commonly affected are in the south, east, and northeast.
Tornadoes most typically affect the country in the summer, with a peak in July, followed by August. The earliest event in a calendar year was 1 February, 1983, in Hebei. The latest was on 20 December, 1977, in Inner Mongolia Province.
India
There have been multiple tornadoes in India with more than 51 tornadic events recorded in the country since 1835. Most of which happen in the northeast portion of the country near Bangladesh, although occasionally tornadoes have been reported in northwest India, near Pakistan. They typically occur between the months of March and May, primarily influenced by nor'westers.
Tornadoes in India are often destructive and potentially deadly.
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