List of named storms (K)
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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.
- This list covers the letter K.
Storms
- 2001 – a weak tropical storm in late 2001.
- 2007 – struck Iwo Jima.
- 2014 – a storm which headed towards Philippines, killing 6 people.
- 2019 – an erratic storm which affected Vietnam, and caused many floodings in the Philippines.
- Kalunde (2003) – was the strongest storm of the 2002–03 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season.
- Kamisy (1984) – was considered the worst tropical cyclone to affect northern Madagascar since 1911.
- 1948 – remained over open waters.
- 1952 – struck South Korea and Japan.
- 1956 – crossed northern Philippines.
- 1960 – left 56 dead and 7,000 homeless in the Philippines.
- 1962
– destroyed 95% of the buildings on Guam.
- 1964 – did not make landfall.
- 1977 – a Category 3 tropical cyclone that hit Australia.
- 1989 – formed near Isla de la Juventud.
- 1995 – minimal storm that was absorbed by Hurricane Iris.
- 2001 – made landfall at Nova Scotia as a tropical storm.
- 2004 – struck China.
- 2007 – Category 1 hurricane in the tropical Atlantic.
- 2008 – struck the Philippines and Hong Kong.
- 2012 – Category 5 super typhoon that made landfall in South Korea.
- 2013 – formed in the Gulf of Mexico.
- 2016
– destructive Category 4 typhoon that struck the Philippines, South China, and Vietnam.
- 2019 – briefly affected Puerto Rico before moving out to sea.
- Karim (2022) – remained over the open ocean.
- 1980 – moved across the central Atlantic; caused no significant effects on land.
- 1998 – travelled from north of Bermuda to near the Azores; caused no significant effects on land.
- 2004 – formed in the mid-Atlantic and turned north, reaching Category 4 strength in open water before hitting the Faroe Islands as an extratropical storm; caused no significant damage on land.
- 2010 – formed in the Caribbean Sea on a path that took it over the Yucatán Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico, where it rapidly strengthened to Category 3 before making landfall near Veracruz, Mexico.
- 2016 – long-lived but disorganized tropical storm, travelled from near Cape Verde to east of Bermuda; caused no significant effects on land.
- 2022 – formed in the Bay of Campeche, moved north-northwestward before reversing course and following a south-southwestward path
- 1945 – struck Japan.
- 1951 – affected Japan.
- 1955 – a powerful category 4 typhoon that hit the Philippines, Hainan and Vietnam.
- 1959 – affected Philippines.
- 1962 (March) – South-West Indian Ocean cyclone that struck eastern Madagascar.
- 1962 (July) – were extensive as the storm killed 110 residents and caused $25 million in damages to crops, homes and infrastructure
- 1964 – struck Vietnam.
- 1967 – struck Philippines and China.
- 1970 – killed 915 people in the Philippines.
- 1973 – struck South China.
- 1976 – briefly threatened Hawaii.
- 1985 – Category 3 hurricane, grazed Cuba, directly struck Panama City, Florida.
- 1999 – effect on the Philippines.
- 2003 – Category 3 hurricane, brushed Newfoundland.
- 2006 – short-lived Category 2 cyclone in the northwestern Coral Sea, not a threat to land.
- 2014 – severe Category 4 cyclone that moved from the South-East Indian Ocean basin into the South-West Indian Ocean basin, not a threat to land.
- 2015 – Category 1 hurricane, brushed the Bahamas.
- 2021 – weak and disorganized tropical storm which stayed at sea.
- 1947 – Affected Kantō, Japan.
- 1961 – not a threat to land.
- 1965 – passed southeast of Rodrigues on February 16, generating high waves that reached 3.5 m (11 ft) along the island's southern coast.
- 1968 – not a threat to land.
- 1972 – came close to land.
- 1976 – Category 1 hurricane, made landfall in Baja as a tropical storm, moved into California and Arizona.
- 1970 – a weak tropical storm that approached Madagascar but did not make it to the island.
- 2011 – was a fairly intense Cape Verde hurricane that had substantial impact across Europe as a post-tropical cyclone.
- 2017 – was the most intense hurricane in the Bay of Campeche since Karl in 2010.
- Katie (1955) – struck Hispaniola.
- 1967 – struck Baja California and caused flooding in the southwest U.S. as a tropical storm.
- 1971 – affected Baja California and hit Mexico as a tropical storm.
- 1975 – did not affect land.
- 1981 – late-season Category 1 hurricane that impacted portions of the Greater Antilles and Bahamas.
- 1998
– severe and erratic tropical cyclone that affected the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Northern Australia. Its remnants eventually regenerated into Cyclone Victor–Cindy.
- 1999 – Disorganized and weak tropical storm that caused minor damage in Central America and Mexico.
- 2005
– A powerful Category 5 major hurricane that devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast, making landfall first near Miami, Florida, as a Category 1 hurricane, near Buras, Louisiana and Long Beach, Mississippi, at Category 3 intensity, causing over US$125 billion in damage and over 1,800 deaths.
- 1983 – which struck the Philippines and China.
- 1987
– which struck South Korea as a Category 1 typhoon.
- 1994 – which struck the Philippines and Vietnam.
- 2006 – did not make landfall.
- 2010
– the first typhoon to impact Japan since Typhoon Melor in October 2009.
- 1980 – a powerful Category 4 hurricane, fifth longest duration in the Pacific Basin, remained mostly at sea.
- 1986 – did not make landfall.
- 1987 – a category 2 tropical cyclone (Australian scale) impacted Papua New Guinea and Western Australia.
- 1992 – did not make landfall.
- 1998 – a Category 1 hurricane mostly stayed at sea.
- 2004 – did not make landfall.
- 2016 – did not make landfall.
- 2022 – a Category 2 hurricane that made landfall in Baja California as a tropical storm.
- Keila (2011) – was the first named storm of the 2011 North Indian Ocean cyclone season.
- 1988 – affected Central America and Florida, causing $7.3 million in damages.
- 1997 – a super typhoon which affected Guam and the Northern [[Mariana islan, causing $15 million in damages.
- 2000
– a Category 4 hurricane that caused extensive damage in Central America, particularly in Belize and Mexico.
- 1979 – struck Japan.
- 1982 – struck Japan
- 1983 – storm briefly reached Category 3 status before making landfall in the sparsely populated area.
- 1986 – a category 2 typhoon mostly stayed at sea.
- 1989 – synonymous with that season's Lola (one storm with two names, thought to have been separate due to difficulties in tracking poorly organized systems); hit eastern China.
- 1992 – stayed at sea.
- 2009 – stayed at sea.
- 1993 – Category 4 hurricane that did not affect land.
- 2005 – Category 4 hurricane whose remnants brought heavy rainfall to Hawaii.
- 2011 – Category 4 hurricane that did not affect land.
- 2017 – Category 4 hurricane that did not affect land.
- 2019 – Category 4 equivalent tropical cyclone that made landfall in Mozambique.
- Kesiny (2002) – was the first recorded tropical cyclone – the equivalent of a minimal hurricane – to make landfall in the month of May in the south-west Indian Ocean.
- 2003 – remained over the open ocean.
- 2009
– struck the Philippines and causing massive flooding in Metro Manila and other provinces nearby.
- Khai Muk (2008) – made landfall in Andhra Pradesh.
- 2005 – the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on Zhejiang Province since Wanda in 1956.
- 2012 – the first tropical cyclone to directly impact Korea in two years.
- 2017 – a mid-range Category 2 typhoon that affected Hainan island as a weak tropical storm.
- 1983 – paralleled the Mexican coastline.
- 1989 – struck Baja California causing minor damage.
- 2001 (September) – struck Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and China.
- 2001 (September) – stayed in the open ocean.
- 2005 – struck China
- 2007 – killed 15 people in Mexico without ever making landfall.
- 2009 – a 2009 storm that struck Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and China
- 2013 (August) – never threatened land.
- 2013 (August) – a storm that made landfall in Vietnam during August 7 and 8, 2013.
- 2017 – make landfall over Pingtan County of Fujian in China.
- 2019 – long-lived tropical cyclone that stayed in the open ocean.
- 2021 - a very powerful tropical cyclone which impacted the Cagayan Valley region of the Philippines and became the strongest typhoon to affect the Batanes province since Typhoon Meranti in 2016.
- 1965 – strong tropical storm which stayed offshore Japan.
- 1968 – relatively strong typhoon which recurved at sea.
- 1971 – affected the Philippines and Vietnam
- 1974 – strong tropical storm which did not affect any landmass.
- 1975 – lingered over the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland in early-December 1975.
- 1977 – late-season typhoon which struck the Philippines, killing 102
- 1980 – struck the Philippines and China.
- 1983 – struck Vietnam and Thailand, reportedly causing more than 300 fatalities
- 1986 – late-season strong typhoon which did not affect land areas.
- 2000
– strong tropical cyclone which only caused minor damage in French Polynesia in late-February 2000.
- 1996 – struck southwestern Japan.
- 2012 – never threatened land.
- 2018 – a low latitude storm; affecting Lesser Antilles.
- 1966 – the eighth tropical cyclone of the 1966 and the second to make landfall in the Baja California peninsula.
- 1970 – a weak tropical storm causing squalls near the Mexican coast.
- 1974 – not make landfall.
- King (1950) – was the most severe hurricane to strike the city of Miami, Florida since the 1926 Miami hurricane.
- 1949 – struck Japan after Typhoon Judith.
- 1971 – struck Rodrigues, causing power outages.
- 1973 – tropical disturbance that affected the Northern Territory.
- Koguma
- 2021 – a weak tropical cyclone that made landfall in Vietnam, causing minor damage.
- 2004 – Struck Hong Kong.
- 2010 – Skirted Okinawa before making landfall in Seoul, South Korea.
- 2016 – struck Japan.
- 2021 – a very large and deadly tropical cyclone that affected the Philippines, Taiwan, and southeast China.
- 2001 – not make landfall.
- 2007 – a moderate typhoon that affected Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands in early April 2007.
- 2013 – a tropical storm that affected Japan passed off the coast of China and South Korea and came to the coast of Japan as a depression.
- 2018 – A Category 5 super typhoon that affected Japan and South Korea.
- 2013 – not make landfall.
- 2009 – a typhoon struck China in September 2009.
- 2015
– a powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that struck Luzon in October 2015.
- 1971 – not make landfall.
- 1978 – a Category 2 hurricane that formed from the remnants of Hurricane Cora, remained mostly at sea
- 1982 – not make landfall.
- 1988 – a category 1 hurricane that affected western Mexico.
- 1994 – not make landfall.
- 2000 – stayed at sea.
- 2006 – stayed at sea.
- 2012 – did not make landfall.
- 2018 – stayed at sea.
- 2003 – struck the Philippines and China.
- 2009 – a tropical storm that passed off the coast of Japan.
- 2015 – stayed at sea.
- 2020 – a tropical cyclone which caused deadly flooding in the Philippines during December 2020.
- 2005 – remained over the open ocean.
- 2011 – passed through the Ryukyu Islands.
- 2017 – remained over the open ocean.
- 2022 – remained over the open ocean.
- Kyant (2016) – was last noted as a well-marked low-pressure area off the coast of southern Andhra Pradesh.
- Kyarr (2019) – was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that became the first super cyclonic storm in the North Indian Ocean since Gonu in 2007.
- 1990 – stayed at sea.
- 1993 – struck the Philippines and Vietnam.
- 1996 – formed in the western Caribbean and made landfall over Guatemala and Honduras as a weakening storm, causing no significant damage.
- 2002 – long-lived hurricane, bobbed in and out of the Carolinas, causing $5 million damage, mostly from tornadoes.
- 2008 – formed north of Hispaniola and made landfall in Nova Scotia as a minimal hurricane.
- 2020 – earliest eleventh named storm on record, formed off the coast of New Jersey and dissipated out in the ocean.
See also
- European windstorm names
- Atlantic hurricane season
- Pacific hurricane season
- Tropical cyclone naming
- South Atlantic tropical cyclone
- Tropical cyclone
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