The name Cindy has been used for twelve
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depend ...
s worldwide: ten times in the Atlantic Ocean, once in the Southwest Indian Ocean, and once in the Australian region.
In the Atlantic:
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Hurricane Cindy (1959), caused minor damage to South Carolina
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Tropical Storm Cindy (1963), caused $12 million damage and three deaths in Texas and Louisiana
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Tropical Storm Cindy (1981), formed between Bermuda and Nova Scotia, remained in the open sea
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Tropical Storm Cindy (1987), stayed in the open sea
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Tropical Storm Cindy (1993), the tropical depression that became Cindy crossed Martinique, killing two; as a tropical storm, it made landfall on the Dominican Republic, killing two more
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Hurricane Cindy (1999), reached Category 4 but never threatened land
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Hurricane Cindy (2005)
Hurricane Cindy was a tropical cyclone that briefly reached minimal hurricane strength in the Gulf of Mexico during July in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and made landfall in Louisiana. It was the third named storm and first hurricane of th ...
, made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana, as a weak hurricane; moderate flooding and some tornado damage reported
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Tropical Storm Cindy (2011), formed northeast of Bermuda and moved out to sea
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Tropical Storm Cindy (2017)
Tropical Storm Cindy was an Atlantic hurricane which became the first tropical cyclone to make landfall in Louisiana since Hurricane Isaac in 2012. The third named storm of the extremely active 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, Cindy formed out o ...
, a large tropical storm that formed in the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall in southwest Louisiana; produced heavy rainfall and flooding
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Tropical Storm Cindy (2023), formed east of the Lesser Antilles but dissipated into an open wave without ever affecting land
In the Southwest Indian:
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Tropical Storm Cindy (1998), originally named Victor in the Australian region; renamed Cindy as it moved into the Southwest Indian Ocean
In the Australian region:
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Cyclone Cindy (1970), short-lived storm in the Gulf of Carpentaria
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