The name Maria has been used for seven
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, three in the
Atlantic Ocean
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and four in the Western
Pacific Ocean
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.
In the Atlantic Ocean:
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Hurricane Maria (2005)
Hurricane Maria was an Atlantic hurricane which formed in September 2005 during the annual hurricane season. Maria was the thirteenth named storm, sixth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the record-breaking season. Maria formed in ...
, a Category 3 hurricane that did not affect any land area as a tropical cyclone.
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Hurricane Maria (2011), a Category 1 hurricane that formed in the eastern Atlantic, made landfall on Newfoundland, causing minor damage.
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Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria was a deadly Saffir–Simpson scale#Category 5, Category 5 Tropical cyclone, hurricane that devastated the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly Dominica, Saint Croix, and Puerto Rico. It is regarded as the wo ...
(2017), an extremely powerful hurricane that made landfall in the island of Dominica at Category 5 intensity, and later brushed through St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands before making landfall in Puerto Rico as a high-end Category 4 hurricane where devastation and a humanitarian crisis occurred.
The name ''Maria'' was retired after the 2017 season because of the extensive damage and loss of life caused by the storm and was replaced with ''Margot'' for the 2023 season.
In the Western Pacific Ocean:
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Tropical Storm Maria (2000) (T0013, 21W) – a severe tropical storm that made a landfall in southern China
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Typhoon Maria (2006) (T0607, 09W) – tracked just south and east of Japan
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Severe Tropical Storm Maria (2012) (T1222, 23W)
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Typhoon Maria (2018)
Typhoon Maria, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Gardo, was a powerful tropical cyclone that affected Guam, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and East China in early July 2018. Developing into the eighth named tropical storm of the 2018 Pacific typh ...
(T1808, 10W, Gardo) – a Category 5 super typhoon which weakened before making landfall in East China
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