The name Freda was used for nine

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: five in the Western

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

, four in the South Pacific Ocean, and one in the South-West

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...

. In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Freda (1962) – formed and remained in the open ocean; later struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States as a potent extratropical cyclone. * Super Typhoon Freda (Miling) (1965) – made landfall on northern Luzon and on Hainan Island. * Typhoon Freda (Yayang) (1967) – made landfall in the Philippines and in South Vietnam. * Typhoon Freda (Luding) (1971) – made landfall in the Philippines and in China. *

Typhoon Freda (1981) The 1981 Pacific typhoon season was a slightly above average season that produced 29 tropical storms, 13 typhoons and two intense typhoons. The season ran throughout 1981, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October.Ga ...

– remained in the open ocean. In the South Pacific: * Cyclone Freda (1981) * Cyclone Freda (1985) *

Cyclone Freda Severe Tropical Cyclone Freda was an intense tropical cyclone that developed during the 2012–13 South Pacific cyclone season and affected New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands as a weak tropical cyclone. The system that was to become Cyclo ...

(2012) – affected New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands. In the South-West Indian: * Cyclone Freda (1965)

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