The name Liza has been used for four

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 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. *

Tropical Storm Liza (1961) The 1961 Pacific hurricane season was an event in meteorology. It officially started on May 15, 1961, in the eastern Pacific and lasted until November 30, 1961. Ten tropical cyclones, 9 named storms (Madeline and Simone were operationally consider ...

– A minimal storm that did not affect land. *

Hurricane Liza (1968) Hurricane Liza was the third hurricane of the 1968 Pacific hurricane season. Forming from an area of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) on August 28 and reaching tropical storm strength in the same day, Liza meandered generally westward ov ...

– didn't hit Mexico, but caused damage out to sea. *

Tropical Storm Liza (1972) The 1972 Pacific hurricane season was an ongoing event in tropical cyclone meteorology. There were few notable storms this year. Only one person was killed and storm effects were almost not serious at all. The most notable systems were Hurricane ...

– A weak tropical storm that didn't affect land. *

Hurricane Liza Hurricane Liza caused the worst natural disaster in the history of Baja California Sur. The seventeenth tropical cyclone, thirteenth named storm, and eighth hurricane of the 1976 Pacific hurricane season, Liza developed from an area of disturb ...

(1976) – A Category 4 hurricane that killed more than 1,000 people in northern Mexico. Use of the name was discontinued when new storm name lists were created in 1978.

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