Tropical Storm Abby
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The name Abby has been used as a name for six
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. Depen ...
s worldwide, three in the Atlantic Ocean and three in the Western Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic: * Hurricane Abby (1960) – a Category 2 hurricane that made landfall in British Honduras (now Belize) * Tropical Storm Abby (1964) – made landfall in Texas * Hurricane Abby (1968) – a Category 1 hurricane that made landfall in Cuba and then in Florida In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Abby (1979) (T7923, 27W, Barang) – a Category 3 typhoon that did not approach land * Typhoon Abby (1983) (T8305, 05W, Diding) – a Category 5 super typhoon that impacted Japan as a weakening system * Typhoon Abby (1986) (T8616, 13W, Norming) – a Category 2 typhoon that hit Taiwan {{DEFAULTSORT:Abby Atlantic hurricane set index articles Pacific typhoon set index articles