The name Sally has been used for thirteen tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the Atlantic Ocean, nine in the Western Pacific Ocean, and three in the Southern Hemisphere.
In the Atlantic Ocean:
- Hurricane Sally (2020) – made landfall in Alabama as a Category 2 hurricane. A slow-moving storm that dropped heavy rain on multiple Gulf coast states; earliest eighteenth named storm on record.
In the Western Pacific Ocean:
- Typhoon Sally (1954) (T5421), Category 5 super typhoon that was miles from making landfall in the Philippines before curving back into open waters.
- Tropical Storm Sally (1959) (T5902, 03W)
- Typhoon Sally (1961) (T6122, 54W)
- Typhoon Sally (1964) (T6418, 27W, Aring), made landfall in the Philippines as a Category 5 typhoon.
- Typhoon Sally (1967) (T6702, 02W, Bebeng)
- Tropical Storm Sally (1970) (T7005, 05W)
- Typhoon Sally (1972) (T7229, 31W)
- Typhoon Sally (1976) (T7608, 08W, Isang)
- Typhoon Sally (1996) (T9623, 23W, Maring), a Category 5 typhoon that made landfall in a similar location in the Philippines as Typhoon Sally of 1964, at a similar intensity, before going on to make landfall in China.
In the Southern Hemisphere:
- Cyclone Sally (1971), a severe cyclone that made landfall in Australia.
- Cyclone Sally (1986), impacted the Cook Islands.
- Cyclone Sally (2005), churned in the open ocean.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.