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.
2016† – a powerful category 5 super typhoon that made landfall in Peñablanca, Cagayan of the Philippines and in Haifeng County, Shanwei in the Guangdong province of China.
2019† – brought heavy rains and flooding to Luzon due to its enhancement of the southwest monsoon, later intensifying into the season's second super typhoon, and made landfall in China.
1989 – a powerful tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean stayed out at sea.
2000 – a tropical cyclone off Western Australia that was renamed Eline in the south-west Indian Ocean.
2020 – a weak, but deadly tropical cyclone that impacted central Vietnam, which had been affected by
Tropical Storm Sinlaku more than one month earlier.
Leonie (1969) – a short-lived tropical cyclone off southwest Western Australia.
Les (1998) – a tropical cyclone that struck the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
2000 – weak tropical storm that impacted Bermuda, Florida, Cuba, and Newfoundland.
2012 – long-lived Category 1 hurricane that caused minor damage in Bermuda and Newfoundland.
2018 – a long-lived tropical cyclone that constantly fluctuated between tropical storm and Category 1 hurricane intensity, made landfall in the Iberian Peninsula as an extratropical cyclone.
Lila (1986) – a tropical cyclone that was formerly named Billy in the Australian basin, was renamed Lila in the south-west Indian Ocean, and was again renamed Billy after it re-entered the Australian basin, where it later struck southwestern Australia.
1990 – threatened the eastern United States for a short time but turned north, losing its tropical characteristics before reaching
Nova Scotia.
1996 – caused extensive damage in Central America,
Cuba and the
Bahamas; killed eight in Central America while it was forming, and retained tropical storm winds as it crossed the
British Isles, killing two in the United Kingdom.
2002† – impacted
Windward Islands,
Jamaica and
Haiti. After crossing the western end of
Cuba, it reached Category 4 strength but weakened substantially in the 12 hours before striking
Louisiana. Killed a dozen on the islands and caused $850 million in damage to the United States.
2019 – off-season tropical cyclone in the Australian region that affected
Indonesia and
East Timor.
September 1997 – second most intense hurricane in the Pacific basin with a minimum pressure of 902 mbar. Also the second strongest hurricane in the Pacific in terms of 1-min winds.
November 1997 – made landfall in Vietnam and Thailand as a tropical storm.
1982 – a tropical storm over the open western Pacific.
1986 – a powerful typhoon that struck Pohnpei and later moved northward.
1989 – synonymous with that season's Ken (one storm with two names, thought to have been separate due to difficulties in tracking poorly organized systems); hit eastern China.
1990 – a tropical storm that hit Vietnam, killing 16 people.
1993 – a typhoon that struck the Philippines and Vietnam, killing 308 people.
Lua (2012)† – a destructive tropical cyclone in Western Australia.
Luban (2018) – a very severe cyclonic storm that struck eastern Yemen in the midst of a civil war and cholera outbreak; the storm killed 14 people and left $1 billion in damage.
1963 – strong typhoon that impacted the Philippines, southern China and northern
Vietnam.
1967 – strong tropical storm that only affected land as an extratropical system.
1971 –
Category 1-equivalent typhoon that struck the Philippines and China.
1975 – powerful typhoon which paralleled the coasts of the Ryukyu Islands and mainland Japan.
1979 – short-lived system monitored by PAGASA and
JTWC; affected northern Philippines and southern Taiwan.
1983 – considered by JTWC as a tropical storm; made landfall in
Hainan and northern Vietnam.
1987 – an intense typhoon which affected Okinawa, South Korea and Japan, claiming at least 40 lives.
1991 – a typhoon that hit northern Philippines, Hainan and northern Vietnam, killing 16.
1995 – a very strong typhoon which affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan but only caused 5 fatalities and minimal damage.
1999 – brought significant impacts to the Philippines, Hong Kong and southern China causing 23 deaths, including 3 who lost their lives due to
a plane crash indirectly connected to it.
2009 – another powerful Category 5 super typhoon that formed northwest of Kwajalein, and recurved off Luzon, becoming extratropical northeast of Japan.
2016 – a tropical storm that formed east of Japan.
2021 – a weak storm that affected Southeast China,
Taiwan and Japan.
1976 – a fairly strong tropical storm which hit
Hainan, claiming 2 lives.
1980 – a system which was only considered by the JTWC as a tropical storm and passed south of Taiwan before making landfall in mainland China.
1984 – short-lived tropical depression which remained at sea.
1988 – a tropical storm which affected no land areas.
1992 – the strongest and costliest typhoon to make landfall in Guam in
16 years; also affected the Philippines, Taiwan and
East China, causing a total of 15 fatalities.
1996 – a relatively powerful typhoon that crossed the Philippines, Hainan and northern
Vietnam in mid-August 1996.
2000 – a relatively minimal typhoon which caused 75 fatalities and incurred more than $6 billion
USD in damages, becoming the costliest to impact the
Korean Peninsula.
Lydie (1973) – a very intense tropical cyclone that passed just west of Réunion, killing 10 people.
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.
2016† – a powerful category 5 super typhoon that made landfall in Peñablanca, Cagayan of the Philippines and in Haifeng County, Shanwei in the Guangdong province of China.
2019† – brought heavy rains and flooding to Luzon due to its enhancement of the southwest monsoon, later intensifying into the season's second super typhoon, and made landfall in China.
1989 – a powerful tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean stayed out at sea.
2000 – a tropical cyclone off Western Australia that was renamed Eline in the south-west Indian Ocean.
2020 – a weak, but deadly tropical cyclone that impacted central Vietnam, which had been affected by
Tropical Storm Sinlaku more than one month earlier.
Leonie (1969) – a short-lived tropical cyclone off southwest Western Australia.
Les (1998) – a tropical cyclone that struck the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
2000 – weak tropical storm that impacted Bermuda, Florida, Cuba, and Newfoundland.
2012 – long-lived Category 1 hurricane that caused minor damage in Bermuda and Newfoundland.
2018 – a long-lived tropical cyclone that constantly fluctuated between tropical storm and Category 1 hurricane intensity, made landfall in the Iberian Peninsula as an extratropical cyclone.
Lila (1986) – a tropical cyclone that was formerly named Billy in the Australian basin, was renamed Lila in the south-west Indian Ocean, and was again renamed Billy after it re-entered the Australian basin, where it later struck southwestern Australia.
1990 – threatened the eastern United States for a short time but turned north, losing its tropical characteristics before reaching
Nova Scotia.
1996 – caused extensive damage in Central America,
Cuba and the
Bahamas; killed eight in Central America while it was forming, and retained tropical storm winds as it crossed the
British Isles, killing two in the United Kingdom.
2002† – impacted
Windward Islands,
Jamaica and
Haiti. After crossing the western end of
Cuba, it reached Category 4 strength but weakened substantially in the 12 hours before striking
Louisiana. Killed a dozen on the islands and caused $850 million in damage to the United States.
2019 – off-season tropical cyclone in the Australian region that affected
Indonesia and
East Timor.
September 1997 – second most intense hurricane in the Pacific basin with a minimum pressure of 902 mbar. Also the second strongest hurricane in the Pacific in terms of 1-min winds.
November 1997 – made landfall in Vietnam and Thailand as a tropical storm.
1982 – a tropical storm over the open western Pacific.
1986 – a powerful typhoon that struck Pohnpei and later moved northward.
1989 – synonymous with that season's Ken (one storm with two names, thought to have been separate due to difficulties in tracking poorly organized systems); hit eastern China.
1990 – a tropical storm that hit Vietnam, killing 16 people.
1993 – a typhoon that struck the Philippines and Vietnam, killing 308 people.
Lua (2012)† – a destructive tropical cyclone in Western Australia.
Luban (2018) – a very severe cyclonic storm that struck eastern Yemen in the midst of a civil war and cholera outbreak; the storm killed 14 people and left $1 billion in damage.
1963 – strong typhoon that impacted the Philippines, southern China and northern
Vietnam.
1967 – strong tropical storm that only affected land as an extratropical system.
1971 –
Category 1-equivalent typhoon that struck the Philippines and China.
1975 – powerful typhoon which paralleled the coasts of the Ryukyu Islands and mainland Japan.
1979 – short-lived system monitored by PAGASA and
JTWC; affected northern Philippines and southern Taiwan.
1983 – considered by JTWC as a tropical storm; made landfall in
Hainan and northern Vietnam.
1987 – an intense typhoon which affected Okinawa, South Korea and Japan, claiming at least 40 lives.
1991 – a typhoon that hit northern Philippines, Hainan and northern Vietnam, killing 16.
1995 – a very strong typhoon which affected the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan but only caused 5 fatalities and minimal damage.
1999 – brought significant impacts to the Philippines, Hong Kong and southern China causing 23 deaths, including 3 who lost their lives due to
a plane crash indirectly connected to it.
2009 – another powerful Category 5 super typhoon that formed northwest of Kwajalein, and recurved off Luzon, becoming extratropical northeast of Japan.
2016 – a tropical storm that formed east of Japan.
2021 – a weak storm that affected Southeast China,
Taiwan and Japan.
1976 – a fairly strong tropical storm which hit
Hainan, claiming 2 lives.
1980 – a system which was only considered by the JTWC as a tropical storm and passed south of Taiwan before making landfall in mainland China.
1984 – short-lived tropical depression which remained at sea.
1988 – a tropical storm which affected no land areas.
1992 – the strongest and costliest typhoon to make landfall in Guam in
16 years; also affected the Philippines, Taiwan and
East China, causing a total of 15 fatalities.
1996 – a relatively powerful typhoon that crossed the Philippines, Hainan and northern
Vietnam in mid-August 1996.
2000 – a relatively minimal typhoon which caused 75 fatalities and incurred more than $6 billion
USD in damages, becoming the costliest to impact the
Korean Peninsula.
Lydie (1973) – a very intense tropical cyclone that passed just west of Réunion, killing 10 people.
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.