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The name Harriet has been used for eleven
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: seven in the Western Pacific Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and three in the Australian Region of the Indian Ocean. In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Harriet (1952) – hit China as a Category 3-equivalent typhoon. * Typhoon Harriet (1956) – struck Japan. * Typhoon Harriet (1959) (58W) – hit the Eastern Philippines as a Category 4-equivalent typhoon, caused considerable property and crop damage on Luzon. * Tropical Storm Harriet (1962) – hit Thailand, crossed into the North Indian Ocean where it hit East Pakistan. * Typhoon Harriet (1965) (16W, Openg) – hit Taiwan as a Category 3-equivalent typhoon. * Typhoon Harriet (1967) (34W) – a Category 3-equivalent typhoon that churned in the open ocean. * Typhoon Harriet (1971) (T7112, 12W, Neneng) – traversed the Philippines and made landfall near the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam as a Category 4-equivalent typhoon. * Tropical Storm Harriet (1977) (16W, Saling) – stayed at sea. In the South-West Indian: * Tropical Storm Harriet (1964) made landfall on Madagascar. In the Australian Region: * Cyclone Harriet (1982) – remained over the open ocean. * Cyclone Harriet-Heather (1992) – passed just south of North Keeling Island, strengthened into a Category 5 on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale, then crossed into the South-West Indian Ocean. * Cyclone Harriet (2003) – paralleled the coast of Western Australia but remained far offshore. {{DEFAULTSORT:Harriet Australian region cyclone set index articles North Indian cyclone set index articles South-West Indian Ocean cyclone set index articles Pacific typhoon set index articles