The name Ana has been used for eleven
tropical cyclone
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s worldwide: eight in the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
, one in the Central
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 ...
, one in the South Pacific, 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 ...
. It has also been used for two extratropical
European windstorms
European windstorms are powerful extratropical cyclones which form as cyclonic windstorms associated with areas of low atmospheric pressure. They can occur throughout the year, but are most frequent between October and March, with peak intensit ...
.
In the Atlantic:
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Tropical Storm Ana (1979)
The 1979 Atlantic hurricane season was the first season to include both male and female names, as well as the common six-year rotating lists of tropical cyclone names. The season officially began on June 1, and lasted until November 30 ...
, formed east of the Lesser Antilles and crossed Leeward Islands
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Tropical Storm Ana (1985), curved around Bermuda and neared Newfoundland, but dissipated offshore
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Tropical Storm Ana (1991), paralleled the East Coast of the United States before moving out to sea
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Tropical Storm Ana (1997)
The 1997 Atlantic hurricane season was a below-average hurricane season. It officially began on June 1, and lasted until November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic ba ...
, formed off the coast of the Carolinas and moved northeastward away from land
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Tropical Storm Ana (2003)
Tropical Storm Ana was the first named storm of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. A pre-season storm, it developed initially as a subtropical cyclone from a non-tropical low on April 20 to the west of Bermuda. It tracked east-southeastward an ...
, pre-season storm that moved generally eastward across the central Atlantic
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Tropical Storm Ana (2009)
Tropical Storm Ana was the first Tropical cyclone naming, named storm of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming out of an Low-pressure area, area of low pressure associated with a tropical wave on August 11, Ana briefly attained tropical ...
, which crossed the Leeward Islands and dissipated near Puerto Rico
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Tropical Storm Ana (2015), pre-season storm that made landfall in South Carolina
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Tropical Storm Ana (2021), pre-season storm that churned in the open ocean
In the Central Pacific:
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Hurricane Ana (2014), brought heavy rain to the Hawaiian Islands
In the South Pacific:
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Cyclone Ana
Tropical Cyclone Ana was one of three tropical cyclones to impact the island nation of Fiji towards the end of January 2021. The fifth tropical disturbance, third tropical cyclone and second severe tropical cyclone of the 2020–21 South Pacif ...
(2021), brought flooding to portions of Fiji
In the South-West Indian:
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Tropical Storm Ana (2022)
Moderate Tropical Storm Ana was a deadly tropical cyclone that affected the African nations of Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique and the third-deadliest tropical cyclone in 2022 thus far, after the Western Pacific Tropical Storm Megi and Cycl ...
, crossed northern Madagascar, causing severe flooding, and then made landfall in Mozambique
In Europe:
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Storm Ana (2017), impacted much of Western Europe and Scandinavia.
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Storm Ana (2022), impacted Italy.
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