The name Laura has been used for a total of five

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: In the North Atlantic: *

Tropical Storm Laura (1971) Tropical Storm Laura was the final storm in the active 1971 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed on November 12 in the western Caribbean Sea, and reached winds of as it approached western Cuba. Across the island, Laura produced heavy rainfa ...

– a system that formed off Panama, looped south of western Cuba, and landed in southern Belize *

Tropical Storm Laura (2008) Tropical Storm Laura was a large but short-lived tropical cyclone that developed over the north-central Atlantic Ocean in late September during the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Laura's remnants later impacted the Netherlands, Germany, and Nor ...

– a large but short-lived system that remained in the open ocean *

Hurricane Laura (2020) Hurricane Laura was a deadly and destructive Category 4 hurricane, Category 4 hurricane that is tied with the 1856 Last Island hurricane and 2021's Hurricane Ida as the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in the U.S. state of ...

– developed in the Caribbean Sea before growing into a powerful Category 4 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in Louisiana The name was retired from use in the Atlantic basin after 2020, and will be replaced by ''Leah'' in the 2026 season. In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Laura (1947) (T4710) In the Southern Indian Ocean: * Cyclone Laura (1967)

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