The name Iris was used for sixteen
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
s worldwide. Three in the Atlantic Ocean, ten in the West Pacific, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and two in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. It has also been used once in Europe.
In the Atlantic:
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Tropical Storm Iris (1989) – did not become strong or threaten land due to interaction with
Hurricane Hugo
Hurricane Hugo was a powerful tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread destruction across the northeastern Caribbean and the Southeastern United States in September 1989. The eleventh tropical cyclone, eighth Tropical cyclone naming, named st ...
, but dropped heavy rain on areas already drenched by Hugo.
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Hurricane Iris (1995) – moved up the Leeward Islands, causing four deaths on Martinique, later reached Europe as a strong extratropical storm.
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Hurricane Iris
Hurricane Iris was a small, but powerful tropical cyclone that caused widespread destruction in Belize. Iris was the second-strongest storm of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season, behind Hurricane Michelle. It was the ninth named storm, fift ...
(2001) – struck Belize as a Category 4 storm, killing several in Central America, including 20 on a ship that capsized off the coast. Caused $66 million in damage to Belize.
The name Iris was retired after the 2001 season, and was replaced by
Ingrid in the 2007 season.
In the Western Pacific:
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Typhoon Iris (1951) (T5104) – Category 5
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Typhoon Iris (1955) (T5519) – Category 1
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Typhoon Iris (1959)
Typhoon Iris was a catastrophic tropical cyclone that killed as many as 2,334 people in China. Originating from a tropical disturbance over the Philippine Sea on August 19, Iris tracked west-northwestward towards Luzon. Quickly developing i ...
(T5908, 18W) – Category 2 which struck China.
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Tropical Storm Iris (1962) (T6204, 22W)
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Typhoon Iris (1964) (T6428, 43W) – Category 1 which struck Vietnam.
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Tropical Storm Iris (1967) (T6716, 18W, Oniang)
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Typhoon Iris (1970) (T7018, 19W) – Category 3
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Typhoon Iris (1973) (T7310, 10W) – Category 2
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Typhoon Iris (1976) (T7620, 20W) – Category 1
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Tropical Storm Iris (1999) (02W, Bebeng, Japan Meteorological Agency analyzed it as a tropical depression, not as a tropical storm.)
In the Southwest Indian Ocean:
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Cyclone Iris (1965)
In the South Pacific:
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Cyclone Iris (2000)
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Cyclone Iris (2018)
In Europe:
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Storm Isha
A storm is any disturbed state of the natural environment or the atmosphere of an astronomical body. It may be marked by significant disruptions to normal conditions such as strong wind, tornadoes, hail, thunder and lightning (a thunderstorm) ...
– Named ''Iris'' by the
Free University of Berlin
The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...
(FUB).
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