The name Hazel has been used for seven
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: two in the Atlantic Ocean, two in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, one in the Western Pacific, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and one in the Australian region of the Indian Ocean. The name Hazel has been retired or dropped from the lists of storm names in all
basins
Basin may refer to:
Geography and geology
* Depression (geology)
** Back-arc basin, a submarine feature associated with island arcs and subduction zones
** Debris basin, designed to prevent damage from debris flow
** Drainage basin (hydrology), a ...
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In the Atlantic:
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Hurricane Hazel (1953)
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Hurricane Hazel
Hurricane Hazel was the deadliest, second costliest, and most intense hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm killed at least 469 people in Haiti before striking the United States near the border between North and South ...
(1954) – killed over 1000 people in Haiti, caused damage and death from South Carolina to Ontario
In the Eastern Pacific:
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Tropical Depression Hazel (1963) – was downgraded after the fact; never attained tropical storm strength
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Tropical Storm Hazel (1965)
Tropical Storm Hazel was a weak East Pacific tropical cyclone that caused heavy damage in Mexico. The costliest storm of the 1965 Pacific hurricane season, it formed from a northward-moving disturbance that originated southeast of Socorro Islan ...
– caused heavy damage in Mexico
In the Western Pacific:
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Typhoon Hazel (1948) (T4819) – a strong typhoon that caused damage in Taiwan and East China
In the South-West Indian Ocean:
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Cyclone Hazel (1965) – affected Madagascar
In the Australian region :
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Cyclone Hazel (1979) – a powerful tropical cyclone caused $41 million in damage, among the costliest cyclones in Western Australia
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