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List of named storms (Z)

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Storms are named for historical reasons to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one storm can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists. For tropical cyclones, names are assigned when a system has one-, three-, or ten-minute winds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph). Standards, however, vary from basin to basin. For example, some tropical depressions are named in the Western Pacific, while within the Australian and Southern Pacific regions, the naming of tropical cyclones are delayed until they have gale-force winds occurring more than halfway around the storm center.

This list covers the letter Z .

Storms[edit]

Note: dagger indicates the name was retired after that usage in the respective basin
  • Zack
    • 1992 – tropical storm that remained over the open western Pacific Ocean
    • 1995 – Category 4 equivalent typhoon that struck the Philippines and Vietnam, killing 110 people
  • Zaka
    • 1996 – weak tropical cyclone that passed near New Caledonia, causing minor damage
    • 2011 – tropical cyclone that dissipated northeast of New Zealand, causing no damage
  • Zane
    • 1996 – Category 3 equivalent typhoon that crossed the Ryukyu Islands
    • 2013 – developed and dissipated between Queensland and Papua New Guinea
  • Zazu (2020) – tropical cyclone that brought heavy surf to Niue and hurricane-force wind gusts to Tonga, but caused no significant damage
  • Zeb (1998) – Category 5 equivalent typhoon that killed 122 people when it struck Luzon
  • Zelia
    • 1998 – tropical cyclone that developed near Cocos Islands
    • 2011 – severe tropical cyclone that brought heavy rainfall to New Zealand as an extratropical cyclone
  • Zeke
    • 1991 – passed over the Philippines before hitting Hainan with minimal damage
    • 1992 – tropical storm off the southwestern Mexican coast
    • 1994 – remained east of Japan
  • Zelda
    • 1991 – left heavy damage in the Marshall Islands
    • 1994 – powerful typhoon that took a large, circuitous track through the western Pacific Ocean
  • Zena (2016) – killed two people while passing near Fiji
  • Zeta
    • 2005–06 – remained out at sea; only the second Atlantic tropical cyclone on record to span two calendar years
    • 2020 – a late-season Category 3 hurricane that made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula and then in southeastern Louisiana
  • Zia (1999) – moved across Japan, killing nine
  • Zigzag (2003) – tropical storm that made landfall in northeastern Mindanao
  • Zita
    • 1997 – killed 345 people when it struck southern China
    • 2007 – passed through French Polynesia
  • Zoe
    • 1974 – moved along the coast of Queensland
    • 2002 dagger – strongest South Pacific tropical cyclone on record in terms atmospheric pressure; affected the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Rotuma
  • Zola
    • 1990 – Category 3 equivalent typhoon that struck Japan, killing 3 people
    • 1993 – tropical storm that made landfall in Japan causing some flooding
  • Zoraida (2013) – killed 44 people while moving through the Philippines and Vietnam
  • Zorbas (2018) – Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone that formed and reached Category 1 equivalent strength
  • Zosimo (2004) – moved through the Marshall Islands
  • Zuman
    • 1987 – short-lived and weak storm that did not approach any islands
    • 1998 – struck Espiritu Santo as a Category 1 cyclone

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