Tropical Storm Carol was used for eight
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 world wide: three 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 ...
, four in the Australian region of the
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 ...
and one in the northwestern
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 ...
.
In the Atlantic:
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Hurricane Carol (1953)
Hurricane Carol was one of only five Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes to not have its name be retired (although the 1954 Hurricane Carol was retired), the other names being Esther, Edith, Emily and Lorenzo. Carol was also the strongest storm of t ...
, a Category 5 Cape Verde-type hurricane that made landfall in New Brunswick as a minimal hurricane.
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Hurricane Carol
Hurricane Carol was among the worst tropical cyclones on record to affect the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island in the United States. It developed from a tropical wave near the Bahamas on August 25, 1954, and slowly strengthened as it ...
(1954), a Category 3 hurricane that made landfall on Long Island, New York, and then in Connecticut.
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Hurricane Carol (1965)
The 1965 Atlantic hurricane season was the first to use the modern-day bounds for an Atlantic hurricane season, which are June 1 to November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form ...
, a long-lived Category 1 hurricane that remained in the open ocean.
In the Australian region:
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Cyclone Carol (1965), re-designated Cyclone Daisy by Météo-France after crossing into the south-west Indian basin.
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Cyclone Carol (1972)
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...
, a severe tropical cyclone that never impacted land.
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Cyclone Carol (1976)
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an ant ...
, remained in the open ocean.
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Cyclone Carol (1980), a severe tropical cyclone that developed southwest of Timor and moved westward through the open ocean; interacted with the weaker Cyclone Dan to its north.
In the northwestern Pacific:
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Typhoon Carol (1947)
The 1947 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1947, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when ...
(T4703), a Category 3 typhoon that passed near the Philippines and then Taiwan.
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