List of tropical cyclones
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This is a '''list of notable [[tropical cyclone]]s''', subdivided by basin and reason for notability.
==North Atlantic basin==
{{hurricane main|List of Atlantic hurricanes}}
{{hurricane main|List of retired Atlantic hurricane names}}
These records are held by [[Atlantic hurricane]]s.
{{Costliest US Atlantic hurricanes|align=left}}
{{Deadliest Atlantic hurricanes|align=right}}
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{{Most intense hurricanes|align=left}}
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==South Atlantic basin==
Tropical cyclones rarely form in the [[South Atlantic]] Basin. Only three [[South Atlantic tropical cyclone]]s in the area have been confirmed.
*The [[South Atlantic tropical cyclone#Angola tropical cyclone of 1991|Angola Cyclone]], 1991 - a tropical storm formed off [[Angola]] in April.
*The [[South Atlantic tropical cyclone#Tropical System of January 2004|January Storm]], 2004 - a cyclone of [[tropical depression|depression]] and possibly [[tropical storm|storm]] strength formed in January.
*[[Cyclone Catarina]], 2004 - first positively observed cyclone in the [[South Atlantic Ocean]], and the first one to make landfall as a cyclone.
==Eastern Pacific basin==
{{hurricane main|List of Pacific hurricanes}}
{{hurricane main|List of retired Pacific hurricane names}}
These records are held by [[Pacific hurricane]]s.
{{Costliest Pacific hurricanes|align=left}}
{{Deadliest Pacific hurricanes|align=right}}
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{{Category 5 Pacific hurricanes|align=left}}
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==Western Pacific basin==
===Retired names===
{{main|List of retired Pacific typhoon names (JMA)}}
{{Saffir-Simpson small|align=right}}
Names retired before 2000 were done so by the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]]. Names during and after that year were retired by the [[Japan Meteorological Agency]].
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Name
!Year
!Location
!Deaths
!Damage (in million $US as of the year of damage)
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|storm}} | [[1960 Pacific typhoon season#Tropical Storm Lucille|Lucille]] || 1960 || [[Philippines]] || 300 || Unknown
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[1960 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Ophelia|Ophelia]] || 1960 || [[Caroline Islands]] || 2 || Unknown
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat5}} | [[Typhoon Karen|Karen]] || 1962 || [[Pacific Islands]], [[Japan]] || 11 || 250
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat1}} | [[Typhoon Bess (1974)|Bess]] || 1974 || [[Philippines]] || 26-29 || 7.2
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat5}} | [[Typhoon Bess (1982)|Bess]] || 1982 || [[Japan]] || 59 || Unknown
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[Typhoon Ike|Ike]] || 1984 || [[Philippines]], southern [[China]] || 1363-3000 || 75.4
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat5}} | [[Typhoon Mike|Mike]] || 1990 || [[Philippines]], [[Vietnam]], southern [[China]] || 250+ || 14
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[Typhoon Mireille|Mireille]] ||1991 || [[Ryukyu Islands]], southern [[Japan]] || 52 || 3000
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|storm}} | [[Tropical Storm Thelma|Thelma]] || 1991 || [[Philippines]] || 6000 || 19
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[Typhoon Omar|Omar]] || 1992 || [[Guam]], [[Taiwan]] || 2 || 457
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat1}} | [[Typhoon Vamei|Vamei]] || 2001 || [[Singapore]], [[Malaysia]], and [[Sumatra]] || 0 || None
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[Typhoon Chataan|Chataan]] || 2002 || [[Chuuk]], [[Japan]] || 31 || 59.8
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[Typhoon Rusa|Rusa]] || 2002 || [[Korea]] || 113 || 6000
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat3}} | [[Typhoon Pongsona|Pongsona]] || 2002 || [[Guam]], [[Marianas Islands]] || 3 || 700
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[Typhoon Imbudo|Imbudo]] || 2003 || [[Philippines]] || 21 || 37
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat5}} | [[Typhoon Maemi|Maemi]] || 2003 || [[Ryukyu Islands]] and [[South Korea]] || 115 || 4100
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[2004 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Sudal|Sudal]] || 2004 || [[Yap]] || 1 || Unknown
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat2}} | [[2004 Pacific typhoon season|Rananim]] || 2004 || [[Eastern China]] || 115 || 4000
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat2}} | [[Typhoon Matsa|Matsa]] || 2005 || [[Taiwan]], [[Okinawa]], [[Northeastern China]] || 25 || 2230
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat5}} | [[2005 Pacific typhoon season|Nabi]] || 2005 || [[Mariana Islands]], [[Japan]], [[South Korea]] || 75 || Unknown
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[Typhoon Longwang|Longwang]] || 2005 || [[Taiwan]], southeast [[China]] || 148 || 150+
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[Typhoon Chanchu|Chanchu]] || 2006 || [[The Philippines]], [[Taiwan]], southeast [[China]] and [[Japan]]|| 104 || 1200
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|storm}} | [[Tropical Storm Bilis|Bilis]] || 2006 || [[The Philippines]], [[Taiwan]], southeast [[China]]|| 672 || 4400
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat5}} | [[Typhoon Saomai|Saomai]] || 2006 || [[Mariana Islands]], [[The Philippines]], [[Taiwan]], southeast [[China]]|| 458 || 2500
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[Typhoon Xangsane|Xangsane]] || 2006 || [[Philippines]], [[Hainan]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]] || 279 || 747
|-
|bgcolor=#{{storm colour|cat4}} | [[Typhoon Durian|Durian]] || 2006 || [[Philippines]], [[Vietnam]], [[Thailand]] || 819+ || 508+
|}
Two names, Yanyan and Tingting, were replaced as requested by Hong Kong. Another two names, Kodo and Hanuman, were replaced before using.
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[[PAGASA]] also retires names for typhoons and tropical storms that affect the Philippines.
===Significant typhoons with special names===
Eight especially significant typhoons were named by [[Japan Meteorological Agency]] according to the area where they caused most damage.
{{Significant Typhoons with Special Names}}
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===Other notable named storms===
*[[2007 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Man-yi (Bebeng)|Man-yi]], 2007, the strongest typhoon to affect [[Japan]] in the month of July in recorded history.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6899416.stm BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan typhoon Man-yi kills three<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[1999 Pacific typhoon season|Maggie, Sam, York and Cam]] 1999, [[Hong Kong]] - Four storms to directly strike the vicinity of Hong Kong within one typhoon season
*[[Typhoon Paka|Paka]], 1997, [[Guam]]
*[[Typhoon Herb|Herb]], 1996, [[Taiwan]] and [[China]] - The strongest and the largest storm of this year, dropped heavy rain over Taiwan and China, killing hundreds.
*[[Typhoon Nina|Nina]] [http://agora.ex.nii.ac.jp/digital-typhoon/summary/wnp/s/197503.html.en], 1975 - Dropped rain over eastern [[China]], contributing to the collapse of the [[Banqiao Dam]] which killed at least 170,000
*[[1976 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Pamela|Pamela]], 1976, [[Guam]]
*[[Typhoon Tip|Tip]], 1979, [[Japan]] - Most intense and largest tropical cyclone on record
*[[Typhoon Rose (1971)|Rose]], 1971, [[Hong Kong]]
*[[1962 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Wanda|Wanda]], 1962, [[Hong Kong]] - Often cited by Hong Kong residents as an example of a deadly storm. Although it ranked only as category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the deficient warning system at the time led to many deaths in the villages of the [[New Territories]] unaware of the storm surge.
*[[Typhoon Fitow (2007)|Fitow]], 2007 - hit Tokyo
*[[1964 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Ruby|Typhoon Ruby]], 1964 - the strongest and worst named typhoon to hit Hong Kong in recorded history. killed over 700 and caused widespread damage.
*[[1997 Pacific typhoon season#Super Typhoon Ivan (Narsing) and Super Typhoon Joan|Ivan and Joan]], 1997 - two of the most intense cyclones ever recorded at 872 mb; reached extreme intensities at close distance to each other.
*[[Typhoon Zeb]], 1998 cat. 5 with 872 milibars of pressure; caused severe damage in the Philippines, killing nearly 100.
*[[Typhoon Gay (1989)|Typhoon Gay]], 1989 - Rare typhoon that crossed Thailand as a {{convert|120|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} cat 3 typhoon; crossed into North Indian Ocean Basin and hit India as a cat. 5, killing 39.
===Notable unnamed storms===
* The [[Kamikaze (typhoon)|Kamikaze]], 1281, destroyed a [[Mongol invasions of Japan|Mongol invasion fleet]] attacking [[Japan]].
* A system of unknown intensity that hit [[Haiphong]] in 1881, killing 300,000 people.
* The [[1922 Swatow Typhoon]], a system of unknown intensity that struck [[Shantou|Swatow]], [[China]] late on [[August 2]], [[1922]], killing more than 50,000 people.<ref>Monthly Weather Review. [http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/050/mwr-050-08-0433.pdf Particulars About the Typhoon From July 31-August 3, 1922.] Retrieved on [[2007-03-17]].</ref>
* 1934 Muroto Typhoon - killing at least 3,036, another 15,361 are injured, with 92,323 houses are lost.
* The [[Great Hong Kong Typhoon of 1937]] - killed 11,000
* [[Typhoon Cobra]] (Typhoon of 1944), 17-18 December, three US destroyers lost
* 1945 Makurazaki Typhoon - killing at least 3,756, another 2,452 are injured, with 116,491 houses are lost.
* Typhoon of July 1949 - killed 1,600 in [[Shanghai, China|Shanghai]], making it the deadliest typhoon in the city's history.
===Most active West Pacific seasons===
The following are the most active Western Pacific seasons, according to the [[Joint Typhoon Warning Center]] best track. Only seasons with at least 30 storms are included.
{| class="wikitable"
!Total<br>Storms
!Year
!Tropical<br>Storms
!Typhoons
!Super<br>Typhoons
|-
| 39 || [[1964 Pacific typhoon season|1964]] || 13 || 19 || 7
|-
| 35 || [[1965 Pacific typhoon season|1965]]<br>[[1967 Pacific typhoon season|1967]]<br>[[1971 Pacific typhoon season|1971]] || 14<br>15<br>11 || 10<br>16<br>16 || 11<br>4<br>4
|-
| 34 || [[1994 Pacific typhoon season|1994]] || 14 || 14 || 6
|-
| 33 || [[1996 Pacific typhoon season|1996]] || 12 || 15 || 6
|-
| 32 || [[1974 Pacific typhoon season|1974]] || 16 || 16 || 0
|-
| 31 || [[1989 Pacific typhoon season|1989]]<br>[[1992 Pacific typhoon season|1992]] || 10<br>9 || 15<br>17 || 6<br>5
|-
| 30 || [[1962 Pacific typhoon season|1962]]<br>[[1966 Pacific typhoon season|1966]]<br>[[1972 Pacific typhoon season|1972]]<br>[[1990 Pacific typhoon season|1990]]<br>[[2004 Pacific typhoon season|2004]] || 7<br>10<br>8<br>9<br>10 || 17<br>17<br>20<br>17<br>13 || 6<br>3<br>2<br>4<br>7
|-
|}
== Northern Indian Ocean==
This region has had some of the world's deadliest cyclones, but there is a shortage of organized information about them.
* 1480: Hindu temple records say that in this year a violent storm broke a natural [[isthmus]] that previously joined [[Sri Lanka]] to [[India]] known as [[Adam's Bridge]].
* [[1737 Calcutta cyclone]], caused death and destruction around [[Calcutta]], [[India]].
* [[Pre-1980_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_seasons#1789_Indian_Cyclone|1789 Indian Cyclone]], killed 20,000 in [[Coringa]], [[India]].
* [[Pre-1980_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_seasons#1839_Indian_Cyclone|1839 Indian Cyclone]] - caused a massive storm surge which killed 300,000 people.
* [[Pre-1980 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons#1864 Calcutta Cyclone|1864 Calcutta cyclone]], killed around 60,000 people in [[Calcutta]], [[India]].
* [[1970 Bhola cyclone]], killed between 300,000 to 500,000 people in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]).
* [[Pre-1980_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_seasons#1971_Orissa_Cyclone|1971 Orissa Cyclone]] killed around 10,000 people in [[Cuttack]], [[India]].
* [[Pre-1980_North_Indian_Ocean_cyclone_seasons#1977_Andhra_Pradesh_Cyclone|1977 Andhra Pradesh Cyclone]], killed 10,000 people in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]].
* [[1991 Bangladesh cyclone]], killed 138,000 people in the [[Chittagong]] region of [[Bangladesh]].
* [[1999 Orissa cyclone]], killed around 10,000 people in the [[Orissa]] state of [[India]]<ref>MetOffice. [http://www.met-office.gov.uk/sec2/sec2cyclone/tcbulletins/05b.html Tropical Cyclone 05B.] Retrieved on [[2007-03-17]].</ref>
* 2007: [[Cyclone Sidr]], struck Bangladesh on [[15 November]], has killed at least 3,347 to date, though that number is expected to rise.
* 2008: [[Cyclone Nargis]], struck the [[Irrawaddy Delta]] in [[Burma]] killing over 100,000 people and devastating the country's former capital and largest city, [[Rangoon]], making it Burma's deadliest natural disaster in history.
===Most active seasons===
{| class="wikitable"
!Total Storms
!Year
!Tropical Depressions
!Tropical Storms
!Tropical Cyclones (>64kt)
|-
| 13 || [[1990-1994 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons|1992]] || 2 || 8 || 3
|-
| 8 || [[1985-1989 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons|1987]] || 0 || 8 || 0
|-
| 8 || [[1995-1999 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons|1996]] || 0 || 4 || 4
|-
| 8 || [[1995-1999 North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons|1998]] || 0 || 3 || 5
|-
| 8 || [[2005 North Indian Ocean cyclone season|2005]] || 1 || 6 || 1
|}
== Australian tropical cyclones ==
See<ref>Queensland Government State Disaster Management Group [http://www.disaster.qld.gov.au/disasters/cyc_history.asp History - Australia's worst cyclone disasters.] Retrieved on [[2007-03-17]].</ref>
See also [http://www.bom.gov.au/announcements/sevwx/ Australian Bureau of Meteorology - Severe Weather Events]
* [[Cyclone Mahina]], [[March 4]], [[1899]] - 410 people died.
* [[1918 Mackay cyclone]], 1918 - 30 dead, extensive damage.
* [[Pre-1980 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons#1949 Central Queensland cyclone|1949 Rockhampton cyclone]], 1949 - 6 dead, 1,000 houses damaged and 500 totally wrecked.
* [[Cyclone Ada]], 1970 - struck [[Whitsunday Island]] resorts and Whitsunday coast mainland. 14 people died and cost approximately AU$390 million.
* [[Cyclone Althea]], 1971 - struck [[Magnetic Island]] and [[Townsville, Queensland|Townsville]], [[Queensland]] on [[Christmas Day]]
* [[Cyclone Wanda]], 1974 - caused extensive flooding in south-eastern [[Queensland]] and north-eastern [[New South Wales]]
* [[Cyclone Tracy]], 1974 - 71 people died when the city of [[Darwin, Australia|Darwin]], [[Northern Territory]], was devastated on [[Christmas Day]]. It was the costliest Australian cyclone on record; the smallest cyclone on record in terms of size & wind field.
* [[Cyclone Alby]], 1978 - 5 people died in south-western parts of [[Western Australia]]. [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]] recorded one of the strongest wind gusts on record.
*[[Cyclone Bobby]], 1995 - 7 people died on two fishing trawlers sunk off the coast of [[Onslow, Western Australia|Onslow]]; the cyclone then became a depression which caused heavy rain and flooding in inland WA, washing out the [[Eyre Highway]] and the [[Trans-Australian Railway]] for several days.
* [[Cyclone Justin]], 1997 - 7 people died and damage came to approximately 190 million AUD.
* [[Cyclone Thelma]], 1998 - intense Category 5 system that hit the [[Kimberley region of Western Australia|Kimberley]] region of [[Western Australia]] causing extensive damage and flooding near [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]].
* [[Cyclone Vance]], 1999 - Category 5 system that caused extensive damage to the [[Western Australia]]n towns of [[Exmouth, Western Australia|Exmouth]] and [[Onslow, Western Australia|Onslow]].
* [[Cyclone Steve]], 2000 - A long-lived Category 2 storm, causing flooding in [[Queensland]], [[Northern Territory]] and [[Western Australia]].
* [[Cyclone Rosita]], 2000 - Category 5, made a destructive landfall near [[Broome, Western Australia]].
* [[Cyclone Ingrid]], 2005 - Category 5 cyclone which took a long track over Northern Australia.
* [[Cyclone Larry]], 2006 - Category 4 which crossed the Queensland coast at [[Innisfail, Queensland|Innisfail]], causing $1 billion in damage.
* [[Cyclone Glenda]], 2006 - Category 5 which crossed the West Australian coast as Category 3 near [[Onslow, Western Australia|Onslow]]
* [[Cyclone Monica]], 2006 - Category 5; strongest cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere (in terms of wind speed). Arguably the world's strongest cyclone, based on a Dvorak estimation, which suggested central pressure reached a low of 869 hPa. The official [[JTWC]] pressure was 879hPa.
* [[Cyclone George]], 2007 - Category 4 which struck east of Port Hedland causing 3 fatalities.
* [[Cyclone Guba]], 2007 - Category 1 cyclone ([[SSHS]]) which struck [[Papua New Guinea]] causing over 170 fatalities.
==Most intense storms on record==
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{{main|List of most intense tropical cyclones}}
This list includes Western Pacific storms with pressures of less than 885 mb and Atlantic, Eastern Pacific and South Pacific storms with pressure of less than 915 mb. Additional Western Pacific storms with pressures between 885 and 915 mb have been recorded, but these storms are neither exceptional for that basin nor all reliably measured. As for Indian Ocean storms, pressure readings are too scarce or too inaccurate to make a list reliable.<ref>Weather Watchers. [http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/1998/13/mitch.html Hurricane Mitch.] Retrieved on [[2007-09-28]].</ref>
<ref>NOAA [http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E14.html] Retrieved [[2007-12-18]]</ref>
As a result of the omissions of many Western Pacific storms, many storms near the bottom of the list are not numerically ranked.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Name
!Pressure
!Location
!Year
|-
| 1 || [[Typhoon Tip]] || 870 [[millibar|mbar]] || Western Pacific || 1979
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| 2 || [[1992 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Gay|Typhoon Gay]] || 872 mbar || Western Pacific || 1992*
|-
| 2 || [[1997 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Ivan]] || 872 mbar || Western Pacific || 1997*
|-
| 2 || [[1997 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Joan]] || 872 mbar || Western Pacific || 1997*
|-
| 2 || [[1997 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Keith]] || 872 mbar || Western Pacific || 1997*
|-
| 2 || [[Typhoon Zeb]] || 872 mbar || Western Pacific || 1998*
|-
| 7 || [[1975 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon June]] || 876 mbar || Western Pacific || 1975
|-
| 8 || [[1958 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Ida]] || 877 mbar || Western Pacific || 1958
|-
| 8 || [[1973 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Nora]] || 877 mbar || Western Pacific || 1973
|-
| 10 || [[1978 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Rita]] || 878 mbar || Western Pacific || 1978
|-
| 10 || [[1992 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Yvette]] || 878 mbar || Western Pacific || 1992*
|-
| 10 ||[[2000 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Damrey]] || 878 mbar || Western Pacific || 2000*
|-
| 13 ||[[1984 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Vanessa]] || 879 mbar || Western Pacific || 1984
|-
| 13 ||[[1995 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Angela]] || 879 mbar || Western Pacific || 1995*
|-
| 13 || [[2001 Pacific typhoon season#Super Typhoon Faxai|Typhoon Faxai]] || 879 mbar || Western Pacific || 2001*
|-
| 13 ||[[Typhoon Dianmu (2004)|Typhoon Dianmu]] || 879 mbar || Western Pacific || 2004*
|-
| 13 ||[[Typhoon Chaba]] || 879 mbar || Western Pacific || 2004*
|-
| 18 ||[[1961 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Violet]] || 882 mbar || Western Pacific || 1961
|-
| 18 ||[[Hurricane Wilma]] || 882 mbar || Atlantic || 2005
|-
| 20 ||[[1983 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Forrest]] || 883 mbar || Western Pacific || 1983
|-
| 21 || [[1971 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Irma]] || 884 mbar || Western Pacific || 1971
|-
| 22 || [[1953 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Nina]] || 885 mbar || Western Pacific || 1953
|-
| 22 || [[1990 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Mike]] || 885 mbar || Western Pacific || 1990
|-
| 22 || [[1995-96 Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season|Cyclone Daryl-Agnielle]] || 885 mbar || South Indian || 1995*
|-
| 25 || [[Typhoon Nancy]] || 888 mbar || West Pacific || 1961
|-
| 25 || [[Hurricane Gilbert]] || 888 mbar || Atlantic || 1988
|-
| 27 || [[1954 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Ida]] || 890 mbar || Western Pacific || 1954
|-
| 27 || [[1969 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Elsie]] || 890 mbar || Western Pacific || 1969
|-
| 27 ||[[Cyclone Zoe]] || 890 mbar || South Pacific || 2002**
|-
| 30 || [[1959 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Twenty-one (Joan)]] || 891 mbar || Western Pacific || 1959
|-
| 31 || [[Labor Day Hurricane]] || 892 mbar || Atlantic || 1935
|-
| 32 || [[1973 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Patsy]] || 893 mbar || Western Pacific || 1973
|-
| 33 || [[1964 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Sally]] || 894 mbar || Western Pacific || 1964
|-
| 34 || [[1970 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Hope]] || 895 mbar || Western Pacific || 1970
|-
| 34 || [[1971 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Amy]] || 895 mbar || Western Pacific || 1971
|-
| 34 || [[1976 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Louise]] || 895 mbar || Western Pacific || 1976
|-
| 34 || [[Cyclone Gafilo]] || 895 mbar || South Indian || 2004*
|-
| 34 || [[Hurricane Rita]] || 895 mbar || Atlantic || 2005
|-
| 39 || [[Typhoon Vera]] || 896 mbar || West Pacific || 1959
|-
| 40 || [[Typhoon Karen]] || 897 mbar || West Pacific || 1962
|-
| 41 || [[1971 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Nadine]] || 898 mbar || Western Pacific || 1971
|-
| 41 || [[Cyclone Harry]] || 898 mbar || South Indian || 2003
|-
| 42 || [[Hurricane Allen]] || 899 mbar || Atlantic || 1980
|-
| 43 || [[1953 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Tess]] || 900 mbar || Western Pacific || 1953
|-
| 43 || [[1954 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Pamela]] || 900 mbar || Western Pacific || 1954
|-
| 43 || [[1957 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon 05W (Virginia)]] || 900 mbar || Western Pacific || 1957
|-
| 43 || [[1957 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon 20W (Lola)]] || 900 mbar || Western Pacific || 1957
|-
| 43 || [[Typhoon Elsie]] || 900 mbar || West Pacific || 1975
|-
| 43 || [[Cyclone Ron]] || 900 mbar || South Pacific || 1998*
|-
| 43 || [[Cyclone Susan]] || 900 mbar || South Pacific || 1998*
|-
| 43 || [[Cyclone Inigo]] || 900 mbar || South Indian || 2003*
|-
| 43 || [[Cyclone Percy]] || 900 mbar || South Pacific || 2005*
|-
| 52 || [[1967 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Carla]] || 901 mbar || Western Pacific || 1967
|-
| 52 ||[[Typhoon Joan (1970)|Typhoon Joan]] || 901 mbar || Western Pacific || 1970
|-
| 54 || [[1965 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Bess]] || 902 mbar || Western Pacific || 1965
|-
| 54 || [[Hurricane Linda (1997)|Hurricane Linda]] || 902 mbar || Eastern Pacific || 1997*
|-
| 54 || [[Hurricane Katrina]] || 902 mbar || Atlantic || 2005
|-
| 57 || [[1964 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Opal]] || 903 mbar || Western Pacific || 1964
|-
| 57 || [[1962 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Emma]] || 903 mbar || Western Pacific || 1962
|-
| 59 || [[1968 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Agnes]] || 904 mbar || Western Pacific || 1968
|-
| 59 || [[1970 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Olga]] || 904 mbar || Western Pacific || 1970
|-
| 59 || [[1970 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Georgia]] || 904 mbar || Western Pacific || 1970
|-
| 62 || [[1958 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Grace]] || 905 mbar || Western Pacific || 1958
|-
| 62 || [[1959 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Thirty-three (Sarah)]] || 905 mbar || Western Pacific || 1959
|-
| 62 || [[1959 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Forty-two (Charlotte)]] || 905 mbar || Western Pacific || 1959
|-
| 62 || [[Hurricane Camille]] || 905 mbar || Atlantic || 1969
|-
| 62 || [[Cyclone Orson]] || 905 mbar || South Indian || 1989
|-
| 62 || [[Hurricane Mitch]] || 905 mbar || Atlantic || 1998
|-
| 62 || [[Cyclone Hudah]] || 905 mbar || South Indian || 2000*
|-
| 62 || [[Cyclone Kalunde]] || 905 mbar || South Indian || 2003*
|-
| 62 || [[Cyclone Bento]] || 905 mbar || South Indian || 2004*
|-
| 62 || [[Cyclone Adeline-Juliet]] || 905 mbar || South Indian || 2005*
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| 62 || [[Cyclone Monica]] || 905 mbar || South Pacific || 2006***
|-
| 62 || [[Hurricane Dean]] || 905 mbar || Atlantic || 2007
|-
| 74 || [[Cyclone Hondo]] || 906 mbar || South Indian || 2008
|-
| 75 || [[1968 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Agnes]] || 908 mbar || Western Pacific || 1968
|-
| 75 || [[1968 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Elaine]] || 908 mbar || Western Pacific || 1968
|-
| 77 || [[1951 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Iris]] || 909 mbar || Western Pacific || 1951
|-
| 78 || [[1952 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Hester]] || 910 mbar || Western Pacific || 1952
|-
| 78 || [[1953 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Kit]] || 910 mbar || Western Pacific || 1953
|-
| 78 || [[1954 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Ruby]] || 910 mbar || Western Pacific || 1954
|-
| 78 || [[1957 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon 19W (Kit)]] || 910 mbar || Western Pacific || 1957
|-
| 78 || [[1962 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Opal]] || 910 mbar || Western Pacific || 1962
|-
| 78 || [[Cyclone Theodore]] || 910 mbar || South Pacific || 1994*
|-
| 78 || [[Cyclone Dina]] || 910 mbar || South Indian || 2002*
|-
| 78 || [[Cyclone Fay]] || 910 mbar || South Indian || 2004*
|-
| 78 || [[Hurricane Ivan]] || 910 mbar || Atlantic || 2004
|-
| 78 || [[Cyclone Carina]] || 910 mbar || South Indian || 2006*
|-
| 78 || [[Cyclone Glenda]] || 910 mbar || South Indian || 2006****
|-
| 78 || [[Cyclone George]] || 910 mbar || South Indian || 2007
|-
| 89 || [[1968 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Faye]] || 911 mbar || Western Pacific || 1968
|-
| 89 || [[1971 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Bess]] || 911 mbar || Western Pacific || 1971
|-
| 89 || [[1972 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Rita]] || 911 mbar || Western Pacific || 1972
|-
| 92 || [[1970 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Anita]] || 912 mbar || Western Pacific || 1970
|-
| 93 || [[1959 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Forty-three (Dinah)]] || 913 mbar || Western Pacific || 1959
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| 93 || [[Hurricane Kenna]] || 913 mbar || Eastern Pacific || 2002
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| 95 || [[Hurricane Janet]] || 914 mbar || Atlantic || 1955
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| 95 || [[1959 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Fifty-six (Gilda)]] || 914 mbar || Western Pacific || 1959
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| 95 || [[1961 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Pamela]] || 914 mbar || Western Pacific || 1961
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| 98 || [[1956 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Wanda]] || 915 mbar || Western Pacific || 1956
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| 98 || [[1971 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Wendy]] || 915 mbar || Western Pacific || 1971
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| 98 || [[1979 Pacific typhoon season|Super Typhoon Vera]] || 915 mbar || Western Pacific || 1979
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Graham]] || 915 mbar || South Indian || 1991*
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Jane-Irna]] || 915 mbar || South Indian || 1992*
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Pancho-Helinda]] || 915 mbar || South Indian || 1997*
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Vance]] || 915 mbar || South Indian || 1999*
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Frederic-Evrina]] || 915 mbar || South Indian || 1999*
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Gwenda]] || 915 mbar || South Indian || 1999*
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| 98|| [[Cyclone John]] || 915 mbar || South Indian || 1999*
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Chris]] || 915 mbar || South Indian || 2002*
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Erica]] || 915 mbar || South Pacific || 2003*
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| 98 || [[Hurricane Isabel]] || 915 mbar || Atlantic || 2003
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Heta]] || 915 mbar || South Pacific || 2004*
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Meena]] || 915 mbar || South Pacific || 2005*
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Olaf]] || 915 mbar || South Pacific || 2005*
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Larry]] || 915 mbar || South Pacific || 2006*
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| 98 || [[Cyclone Floyd]] || 915 mbar || South Indian || 2006*
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| 98 || [[Hurricane Ioke]] || 915 mbar || Central Pacific || 2006
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| 98 || [[Hurricane Ava (1973)|Hurricane Ava]] || 915 mbar || Eastern Pacific || 1973
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| 98 || [[2008 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Rammasun (Butchoy)|Typhoon Rammasun]] || 915 mbar ||Western Pacific || 2008
|}
''Notes'':
* *Minimum central pressure of these storms was estimated based on satellite data rather than directly measured.
* **Official estimate. JTWC estimated 879 mbar.
* ***Official estimate. JTWC estimated 879 mbar and unofficial estimates were 869 mbar (which would make it the most intense recorded tropical cyclone).
* ****Official estimate. JTWC estimated 898 mbar.
==Size extremes==
[[Image:Typhoonsizes.jpg|right|frame|The relative sizes of Typhoon Tip, Tropical Cyclone Tracy, and the United States.]]
* [[Typhoon Tip]] is the largest tropical cyclone on record at 1350 miles (2170 km) wide, October (1979)
* [[Cyclone Tracy]] is the smallest significant tropical cyclone on record at 60 miles (96 km) wide, December (1974)
These sizes indicate the distance from the center at which gale-force winds could be found.<ref>JetStream. [http://www.srh.weather.gov/srh/jetstream/tropics/tc_structure.htm Tropical Cyclone Structure.] Retrieved on [[2007-03-17]].</ref>
==Highest storm surge==
The three powerful hurricanes listed below caused very high storm surge. [[Hurricane Katrina]] had the highest recorded storm surge of any Atlantic hurricane and [[Hurricane Camille]] had the second-highest. Worldwide storm surge data is sparse. [[Cyclone Mahina]] is generally regarded as having had the highest storm surge ever recorded, although measurements from before modern times must be viewed with some skepticism.
[[Storm surge]] is enhanced by high winds and greater storm size. The shape of the coastline and the contour of the bottom near the coast are also significant factors. Hurricane Katrina was the largest Category 5 hurricane recorded in the Atlantic, and Hurricane Camille tied for the highest recorded windspeed; both struck an area vulnerable to high storm surge because of the shallow coastal waters.
*[[Cyclone Mahina]]: {{convert|48|ft|m}}, South Pacific, 1899
*[[Hurricane Katrina]]: {{convert|28|ft|m}}, Atlantic Ocean, 2005<ref>National Hurricane Center. [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/TCR-AL122005_Katrina.pdf Hurricane Katrina.] Retrieved on [[2007-03-17]].</ref>
*[[Hurricane Camille]]: {{convert|24|ft|m}}, Atlantic Ocean, 1969
==Unusual landfalls==
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For unusual landfalls in the Atlantic basin, see [[List of notable Atlantic hurricanes#Unusual Landfalls|List of notable Atlantic hurricanes]].
===Spain===
*2005 -[[Hurricane Vince]] Made landfall in southwestern Spain as a tropical depression. Vince is the only recorded tropical system to make landfall on the Iberian Peninsula.
===Brazil===
*2004 - A [[South Atlantic tropical cyclone#Tropical Cyclone of January 2004|tropical depression]] hit eastern Brazil in January of 2004, causing torrential flooding.
*2004 - The only hurricane-strength tropical system ever observed in the [[South Atlantic tropical cyclone|South Atlantic]], [[Cyclone Catarina]], made landfall in the [[Brazil]]ian state of [[Santa Catarina (state)|Santa Catarina]].
===New Zealand===
{{seealso|:Category:Cyclones in New Zealand}}
*April, 1968 - Cyclone Giselle struck New Zealand causing the [[Wahine disaster]].
*5-10 March, 1988 - Cyclone Bola killed 3 people in [[New Zealand]] recieving upto 1m of rain causing vast numbers of slips on the eastern side of the country.
===Arabian Peninsula===
*October, 1948 - Tropical Cyclone struck [[Salalah]] in [[Oman]].
*May, 1959 - Tropical Cyclone struck Salalah in Oman
*June, 1977 - Tropical Storm struck Oman
*1983 - Tropical Storm Aurora struck Oman.
*May, 1984 - Tropical Storm 01-A transited the Gulf of Aden and made landfall in northwest Somalia, the first tropical cyclone on record to do so.
*October, 1992 - Tropical Storm 06-A struck Oman.
*June, 1996 - Tropical Storm 02-A struck Oman.
*May, 2002 - Tropical Storm struck Salalah in Oman.
*June, 2007 - [[Cyclone Gonu]] struck parts of Oman, causing catastrophic damage.
===Somalia===
{{seealso|:Category:Cyclones in Somalia}}
*1984 - A tropical storm struck [[Somalia]],
*1984 - A late season cyclone slammed [[Somalia]].
*1994 - Somalia was hit by a tropical storm that brought {{convert|65|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds and heavy rains.
*1997 - A weak November storm made landfall in Eastern [[Somalia]].
===California===
{{see also|:Category:California hurricanes}}
*1858 - [[1858 San Diego Hurricane|A hurricane]] just barely missed landfall in [[San Diego]], causing considerable damage.
*1939 - [[1939 Long Beach Tropical Storm|A tropical storm]] struck [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] killing 45 people.
*1972 - [[1972 Pacific hurricane season#Hurricane Hyacinth|Tropical Depression Hyacinth]] made landfall near Los Angeles and brought rain around the area.
===Washington state===
* 2006 - the [[Hanukkah Eve Wind Storm of 2006]], officially a windstorm, but with sustained winds at over hurricane force, and a storm appearance like a hurricane from satellite imagery
===Western Australia===
*1956 - A cyclone made a close track along the whole [[Western Australia]]n coast, and made a near landfall near [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]].
*1978 - [[Cyclone Alby]] made a close encounter to the south-west of [[Western Australia]] as a strong extratropical system in the vicinity of [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]] and [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]], causing extensive damage and five deaths. Albany recorded one of its highest wind gusts on record from Cyclone Alby.
*1989 - [[Cyclone Ned]] passed almost directly over [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]].
==Extreme latitudes==
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This list contains [[tropical cyclones]] that formed or moved to an extraordinary latitude. It can be extreme north (or south) latitude, or very equatorial cyclones.
*1975 - [[Unnamed Hurricane (1975)|A central Pacific unnamed hurricane]] formed at a record north latitude for the Central and East Pacific.
*2000 - [[Hurricane Alberto (2000)|Hurricane Alberto]] persisted north while tropical until a latitude of about 53°N.
*2001 - [[Typhoon Vamei]] formed {{convert|85|mi|km}} from the equator, the closest recorded formation location of a storm of hurricane strength.
*2004 - [[Cyclone Agni]] reached a location of only {{convert|40|mi|km}} from the equator, the closest to the equator any tropical cyclone has been recorded to have reached. However, Vamei retained the record for the most equatorial formation as Agni formed further from the equator than Vamei and moved towards it.
*1966 - [[Hurricane Faith]] reached an unprecedented northerly latitude of 62.5 degrees, just north of the Faroe Islands in the Norwegian Sea. Faith degenerated over Scandinavia, and the remnant low pressure area eventually reached [[Franz Josef Land]], only {{convert|300|mi|km}} from the North Pole.
==Year-crossing Northern Hemisphere storms==
This is a list of [[Northern Hemisphere]] storms that have crossed two calendar years. Because the [[Southern Hemisphere]] cyclone season runs across the [[New Year's Day|New Year]], Southern Hemisphere storms that cross calendar years are not unusual, so they are not included here.
{| class="wikitable"
!Storm
!Duration
!Basin
|-
| [[Tropical Storm Zeta]]|| [[December 30]], [[2005]]-[[January 6]], [[2006]]||[[Atlantic]]
|-
|-
| [[Typhoon Vamei]]|| [[December 26]], [[2001]]-[[January 1]], [[2002]]||[[North Indian]]\[[West Pacific]]
|-
| [[Typhoon Soulik]]|| [[December 29]], [[2000]]-[[January 4]], [[2001]]||[[West Pacific]]<ref>Unisys. [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/2000H/SOULIK/track.gif Soulik Track (2000).] Retrieved on [[2007-03-17]].</ref><ref>Unisys. [http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/w_pacific/2001H/SOULIK/track.gif Soulik Track (2001).] Retrieved on [[2007-03-17]].</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Typhoon Mary]]|| [[December 20]], [[1977]]-[[January 3]], [[1978]]||[[West Pacific]]<ref>Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1977atcr/pdf/wnp/21.pdf Typhoon Mary.] Retrieved on [[2007-03-17]].</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Typhoon Harriet]]|| [[December 24]], [[1959]]-[[January 2]], [[1960]]||[[West Pacific]]<ref>Joint Typhoon Warning Center. [https://metocph.nmci.navy.mil/jtwc/atcr/1959atcr/pdf/wnp/58.pdf Typhoon Harriet.] Retrieved on [[2007-03-17]].</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Hurricane Alice]]|| [[December 30]], [[1954]]-[[January 6]], [[1955]]||[[Atlantic]]
|-
|-
| [[Typhoon Hester]]|| [[December 27]], [[1952]]-[[January 4]], [[1953]]||[[West Pacific]]
|-
|}
==Different Storms With Same Name in Same Year==
* 1954 - There were two Hurricane Alices in 1954. One formed in June and struck Mexico. The other one formed on [[December 30]] and lasted though January,1955. They were thought to have been in two separate years, but post-storm analysis showed the second was to have formed in December of 1954, so they were both named Alice.
* 1970 - There were two tropical storms named Ione, one of which hit the Mexican coastline with {{convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} winds.
* 1977 - [[1977 Atlantic hurricane season#Hurricane Babe|Hurricane Babe]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] and [[Typhoon Babe]] in the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] existed at the same time.
* 1986 - There were two storms named Vera. One was a typhoon while another was a weak tropical storm. Operationally, Vera was treated as one storm until post storm analysis found that it was actually two separate storms.
* 1997 - In north Pacific, two storms were named Linda, one typhoon and one hurricane.
* 2003 - In the Southern Hemisphere, two storms were named Beni, one in the South Pacific in February, one in the South Indian in November.
== Tropical cyclones and airplane crashes ==
* [[1952 Pacific typhoon season|Typhoon Wilma]] - Ten crewmen died when a [[USAF]] [[B-29]] crashed during the storm.
* [[Hurricane Janet]] - Two airplanes (one of them a hurricane hunter plane) crashed during the storm.
* [[Typhoon Emma]] - A Hurricane Hunter plane crashed in the [[Sea of Japan]] during the storm.
* [[Hurricane Betsy (1956)|Hurricane Betsy]] - A DC-4 crashed on while delivering supplies after the storm.
* [[1950-1969 Pacific hurricane seasons#1958 season|Unnamed Tropical Storm]] - A private plane crashed near [[Hilo International Airport|Hilo Airport]], killing one and injuring two.
* [[Hurricane Esther]] - A Navy plane crashed several miles off the coast of [[Bermuda]]. Seven of the ten crewmen drowned.
* [[Typhoon Bess (1974)|Typhoon Bess]] - A US Air force hurricane hunter plane crashed during the storm. There were no survivors.
* [[Hurricane Emmy (1976)|Hurricane Bess]] - A Venezuelan Air force plane crashed during the storm while attempting to land. Sixty-eight people died.
* [[Tropical Storm Gamma (2005)|Tropical Storm Gamma]] - Three people were killed in a plane crash during Gamma's outer bands.
* [[Tropical Storm Sam (1999)|Tropical Storm Sam]] - A China Airlines (Taiwanese) McDonnell Douglas MD-11 jet (Flight CI642) crash landed at Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok airport during Tropical Storm Sam. Two died and 206 were injured.
* [[Typhoon Xangsane (2000)|Typhoon Xangsane]] - A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 jet (Flight SQ 006) crashed in typhoon winds and burst into flames on takeoff during Typhoon Xangsane at Taipei international airport, killing 79 and leaving 84 hospitalized.
* [[Tropical Storm Alma (2008)|Tropical Storm Alma]] - In [[Tegucigalpa]], an airplane skidded off a runway sodden by torrential rain, killing seven passengers and injuring over eighty.<ref name="CNN plane crash">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/30/honduras.crash.ap/index.html|title=7 dead after airliner overshoots Honduras runway|date=2005-08-31|accessdate=2008-06-01|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
==See also==
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*[[List of Atlantic hurricane seasons]]
*[[List of Pacific hurricane seasons]]
*[[List of Pacific typhoon seasons]]
*[[List of North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons]]
*[[List of Southern Hemisphere tropical cyclone seasons]]
*[[List of wettest tropical cyclones by country]]
*[[History of tropical cyclone-spawned tornadoes]]
==References==
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{{Leading tropical cyclones}}
[[Category:Lists of tropical cyclones|Notable tropical cyclones]]
[[Category:Tropical cyclones|*list]]
[[Category:Hurricanes in the United States| ]]
[[fr:Liste des cyclones tropicaux célèbres par bassin]]
[[pt:Anexo:Lista de ciclones tropicais notáveis]]
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