Storms are
named for historical reasons to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one storm can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists. For tropical cyclones, names are assigned when a system has one-, three-, or ten-minute winds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph). Standards, however, vary from
basin to basin. For example, some tropical depressions are named in the Western Pacific, while within the Australian and Southern Pacific regions, the naming of tropical cyclones are delayed until they have gale-force winds occurring more than halfway around the
storm center.
2012 – a powerful, late-forming typhoon that devastated the Philippines with tropical storm strength, and battered
Northern Vietnam with hurricane-force winds at landfall on October 28, 2012.
1996† – a powerful tropical cyclone that passing over Barrow Island off the Western Australian northwest coast, and caused major damage on the
Pilbara coast,
Pannawonica, and
Mardie.
1992† – a category 4 super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean, struck Guam, Taiwan, and China, causing 2 deaths and about half a billion dollars in damage. The name was retired after the 1992 season, and was replaced with Oscar for the
1995 season.
2008 – a category 4 hurricane that grazed the Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, doing minor to moderate damage and causing 1 indirect death.
2020 – minimal tropical storm that caused rip currents and swells in the Carolinas, earliest fifteenth named storm on record in the Atlantic.
2006 – wind shear from Typhoon Soulik prevented any intensification.
2014 – the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2014, and struck Japan as a large tropical system. It also indirectly affected the Philippines and Taiwan.
2018† – a very powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage in
Guam, the Philippines and South China in September 2018.
2011 – a powerful and persistent tropical cyclone that affected Japan, including some areas that had been damaged by another typhoon just a few weeks prior.
2015 – a weak tropical cyclone that caused only minimal damages in the Philippines.
2019 – a moderately strong typhoon that severely affected Taiwan, East China and South Korea.
1969 – a typhoon which affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan, killing 75; considered by JTWC as merely a high-end tropical storm.
1973 – the final named storm of the
1973 season; affected the Philippines.
1977 – struck the Philippines before having an erratic track in the
South China Sea, resulting to 54 lives lost.
1981 – made landfall in Japan, causing widespread damage amounting to $1.03 billion and killing 43 people.
1985 – hit Hainan and northern Vietnam at peak intensity, ultimately causing the deaths of 46 individuals.
1989 – a powerful typhoon which affected the Philippines,
Taiwan and China, claiming 71 lives in total.
1993 – mid-season typhoon that impacted
Japan and
South Korea, resulting to 54 fatalities.
1997 – a strong tropical storm which later crossed into the North Indian Ocean after making landfalls in
Vietnam and
Thailand; considered as the most devastating typhoon to hit southern Vietnam, killing at least 3,111 people, in addition to 164 fatalities in Thailand.
2017 – a Category 3 hurricane that stayed out to sea, causing no threat to land
2023† – a Category 5 hurricane that made landfall near
Acapulco,
Mexico; the strongest and most damaging hurricane ever recorded along the Pacific coast of
North America, and the second-highest rate of intensification on record for the
Western Hemisphere.
2010 – brought heavy rain to the northeastern Caribbean before moving out into the Atlantic Ocean.
2016† – made landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 3 hurricane, bringing torrential rainfall to
Central America; later emerged into the Eastern Pacific Ocean as a tropical storm and then dissipated.
1990 – a powerful Category 5 typhoon that crossed the
Marshall Islands and the
Caroline Islands in mid to late November and caused extensive damage to many islands.
61st IHC action items(PDF) (Report). Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology. November 29, 2007. pp. 5–7. Archived from
the original(PDF) on June 13, 2004. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
Storms are
named for historical reasons to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one storm can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists. For tropical cyclones, names are assigned when a system has one-, three-, or ten-minute winds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph). Standards, however, vary from
basin to basin. For example, some tropical depressions are named in the Western Pacific, while within the Australian and Southern Pacific regions, the naming of tropical cyclones are delayed until they have gale-force winds occurring more than halfway around the
storm center.
2012 – a powerful, late-forming typhoon that devastated the Philippines with tropical storm strength, and battered
Northern Vietnam with hurricane-force winds at landfall on October 28, 2012.
1996† – a powerful tropical cyclone that passing over Barrow Island off the Western Australian northwest coast, and caused major damage on the
Pilbara coast,
Pannawonica, and
Mardie.
1992† – a category 4 super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean, struck Guam, Taiwan, and China, causing 2 deaths and about half a billion dollars in damage. The name was retired after the 1992 season, and was replaced with Oscar for the
1995 season.
2008 – a category 4 hurricane that grazed the Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, doing minor to moderate damage and causing 1 indirect death.
2020 – minimal tropical storm that caused rip currents and swells in the Carolinas, earliest fifteenth named storm on record in the Atlantic.
2006 – wind shear from Typhoon Soulik prevented any intensification.
2014 – the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2014, and struck Japan as a large tropical system. It also indirectly affected the Philippines and Taiwan.
2018† – a very powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage in
Guam, the Philippines and South China in September 2018.
2011 – a powerful and persistent tropical cyclone that affected Japan, including some areas that had been damaged by another typhoon just a few weeks prior.
2015 – a weak tropical cyclone that caused only minimal damages in the Philippines.
2019 – a moderately strong typhoon that severely affected Taiwan, East China and South Korea.
1969 – a typhoon which affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan, killing 75; considered by JTWC as merely a high-end tropical storm.
1973 – the final named storm of the
1973 season; affected the Philippines.
1977 – struck the Philippines before having an erratic track in the
South China Sea, resulting to 54 lives lost.
1981 – made landfall in Japan, causing widespread damage amounting to $1.03 billion and killing 43 people.
1985 – hit Hainan and northern Vietnam at peak intensity, ultimately causing the deaths of 46 individuals.
1989 – a powerful typhoon which affected the Philippines,
Taiwan and China, claiming 71 lives in total.
1993 – mid-season typhoon that impacted
Japan and
South Korea, resulting to 54 fatalities.
1997 – a strong tropical storm which later crossed into the North Indian Ocean after making landfalls in
Vietnam and
Thailand; considered as the most devastating typhoon to hit southern Vietnam, killing at least 3,111 people, in addition to 164 fatalities in Thailand.
2017 – a Category 3 hurricane that stayed out to sea, causing no threat to land
2023† – a Category 5 hurricane that made landfall near
Acapulco,
Mexico; the strongest and most damaging hurricane ever recorded along the Pacific coast of
North America, and the second-highest rate of intensification on record for the
Western Hemisphere.
2010 – brought heavy rain to the northeastern Caribbean before moving out into the Atlantic Ocean.
2016† – made landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 3 hurricane, bringing torrential rainfall to
Central America; later emerged into the Eastern Pacific Ocean as a tropical storm and then dissipated.
1990 – a powerful Category 5 typhoon that crossed the
Marshall Islands and the
Caroline Islands in mid to late November and caused extensive damage to many islands.
61st IHC action items(PDF) (Report). Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology. November 29, 2007. pp. 5–7. Archived from
the original(PDF) on June 13, 2004. Retrieved April 13, 2015.