The name Lisa has been used for nine

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: five in

the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the Age of Discovery, it was known for se ...

, one in the Western Pacific Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, one in the Australian region, and one in the South Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic: * Hurricane Lisa (1998) – a Category 1 hurricane that did not affect land * Hurricane Lisa (2004) – a Category 1 hurricane that did not affect land * Hurricane Lisa (2010) – a Category 1 hurricane that did not affect land * Tropical Storm Lisa (2016) – did not affect land * Hurricane Lisa (2022) – a Category 1 hurricane that became the only storm other than the 1942 Belize hurricane to make

landfall Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact ...

in Belize at hurricane intensity during November In the Western Pacific: * Tropical Storm Lisa (1996) (T9611, 14W) – made landfall in China In the South-West Indian Ocean: *

Cyclone Lisa (1981) In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...

– a moderate tropical storm that caused precipitation in the

Mascarene Islands The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar consisting of islands belonging to the Republic of Mauritius as well as the French department of Réunion. Their na ...

In the Australian region: *

Cyclone Lisa (1991) In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...

– a Category 2 tropical cyclone that affected Papua New Guinea before crossing into the South Pacific Ocean In the South Pacific Ocean: *

Cyclone Lisa In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...

(1982) – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that affected the

Cook Islands The Cook Islands is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately . The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers of ocean. Avarua is its ...

and

French Polynesia French Polynesia ( ; ; ) is an overseas collectivity of France and its sole #Governance, overseas country. It comprises 121 geographically dispersed islands and atolls stretching over more than in the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. The t ...

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