The name Helene or Helena has been used for nine
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 Atlantic Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and one in the Western Pacific Ocean.
In the Atlantic:
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Hurricane Helene (1958)
Hurricane Helene was the most intense tropical cyclone of the 1958 Atlantic hurricane season. The eighth tropical storm and fourth hurricane of the year, Helene was formed from a tropical wave east of the Lesser Antilles on September 21, 1958. ...
– a powerful storm that grazed Cape Hatteras causing $11 million in damage.
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Tropical Storm Helena (1963) – between Dominica and Guadeloupe and struck Antigua.
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Hurricane Helene (1988) – a Category 4 hurricane that stayed in the open sea, never threatening land.
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Tropical Storm Helene (2000) – entered the Caribbean Sea, made landfall at Fort Walton Beach, Florida, exited at the North Carolina coast and regained tropical storm strength heading northeast.
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Hurricane Helene (2006) – a Category 3 hurricane that stayed in the open ocean, never threatening land.
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Tropical Storm Helene (2012)
Tropical Storm Helene was a moderate tropical storm which affected the southern Caribbean and Central America in mid-August 2012. The seventh tropical depression and eighth named storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Helene was monitored as ...
– a tropical storm that affected Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico.
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Hurricane Helene (2018) – a Category 2 hurricane that formed between Cape Verde and West Africa.
In the South-West Indian:
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Cyclone Helene (1969)
In the Western Pacific:
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Tropical Storm Helene (1950) (T5009) – stalled near Japan and struck China.
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