List Of Named Storms (Z)

Storms

:Note: indicates the name was retired after that usage in the respective basin.

*Zack
:*1992 – a tropical storm that remained over the open western Pacific Ocean
:*1995 – a Category 4 equivalent typhoon that struck the Philippines and Vietnam, killing 110 people; also known as ''Pepang'' within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)

*Zaka
:* 1996 – a weak tropical cyclone that passed near New Caledonia, causing minor damage
:*2011 – a tropical cyclone that dissipated northeast of New Zealand, causing no damage

*Zane
:* 1996 – Category 3 equivalent typhoon that crossed the Ryukyu Islands; also known as ''Paring'' within the PAR
:*2013 – developed and dissipated between Queensland and Papua New Guinea

* Zazu (2020) – a tropical cyclone that brought heavy surf to Niue and hurricane-force wind gusts to Tonga, but caused no significant damage

* Zeb (1998) – a Category 5 equivalent typhoon that killed 122 people when it struck Luzon; also known as ''Iliang'' within the PAR

*Zelia
:* 1998 – a tropical cyclone that developed near Cocos Islands
:*2011 – severe tropical cyclone that brought heavy rainfall to New Zealand as an extratropical cyclone

*Zeke
:*1991 – passed over the Philippines before hitting Hainan; also known as ''Etang'' within the PAR
:*1992 – a tropical storm off the coast of southwestern Mexico
:*1994 – a typhoon that remained east of Japan

* Zelda
:*1991 – a severe tropical storm that caused damage in the Marshall Islands
:*1994 – Category 4 super typhoon that passed over the Northern Mariana Islands during its circuitous track through the western Pacific Ocean; also known as ''Esang'' within the PAR

* Zena (2016) – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that passed near Fiji

*Zeta
:*2005 – an end-of-the-year storm that remained out at sea; one of only two Atlantic tropical cyclones on record to span two calendar years
:*2020 – a Category 3 hurricane that made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula and then in southeastern Louisiana

* Zia (1999) – a tropical storm that moved across Japan, killing nine

* Zigzag (2003) – a tropical storm that made landfall in northeastern Mindanao; deemed a tropical depression by the Japan Meteorological Agency

*Zita
:*1997 – was a short-lived tropical cyclone that killed seven people in southern China, and caused damage in both Chia and Vietnam, where there was additional loss of life; also known as ''Luming'' within the PAR

:* 2007 – a tropical cyclone that passed through French Polynesia

* Zoe
:*1974 – a severe tropical cyclone that moved along the coast of Queensland
:*2002 – a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone, and one of the strongest South Pacific tropical cyclones on record in terms atmospheric pressure, that affected the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Rotuma

*Zola
:*1990 – a Category 3 equivalent typhoon that struck Japan, killing 3 people
:* 1993 – a severe tropical storm that made landfall in Japan; also known as ''Unsing'' within the PAR

* Zoraida (2013) – a storm that affected the Philippines and Vietnam; also known as ''Podul'' beyond the PAR

* Zorbas (2018) – a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone that reached Category 1 equivalent strength

* Zosimo (2004) – a tropical storm that moved through the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia; also known as ''Talas'' beyond the PAR

* Zuman
:*1987 – a short-lived and weak storm that churned in the open South Pacific
:* 1998 – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone that struck Espiritu Santo

See also

*European windstorm names
*Atlantic hurricane season
*Pacific hurricane season
*Tropical cyclone naming
*South Atlantic tropical cyclone
*Tropical cyclone

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