The name Olga has been used seventeen
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 Western Pacific Ocean, and four in the Australian region in Southern Hemisphere. It has also been used for a European windstorm.
In the Atlantic:
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Hurricane Olga (2001) – large Category 1 hurricane that had no effect on land
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Tropical Storm Olga (2007) – off-season storm that killed 40 people, mostly in the Dominican Republic
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Tropical Storm Olga (2019)
Tropical Storm Olga was a short-lived tropical cyclone that caused unexpected severe damage as a non-tropical system along its track across the Central United States in late October 2019. The storm began as a distinct tropical wave that ...
– formed in the Gulf of Mexico, then caused severe damage as an extratropical system across the Central United States
In the Western Pacific:
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Tropical Storm Olga (1948) (T4827)
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Typhoon Olga (1954) (T5417)
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Typhoon Olga (1958) (T5830)
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Typhoon Olga (1961)
The 1961 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1961, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year wh ...
(T6119, 51W)
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Tropical Storm Olga (1964) (22W) – formed and remained in the Gulf of Tonkin
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Tropical Storm Olga (1966) (T6634, 37W, ''Wening'')
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Typhoon Olga (1970)
The 1970 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1970, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year wh ...
(T7002, 02W, ''Deling'') – affected Japan
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Typhoon Olga (1972)
The 1972 Pacific typhoon season was an extremely active season, producing 31 tropical storms, 24 typhoons and 2 intense typhoons. It has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1972, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pa ...
(T7226, 28W) – struck the Marshall Islands and the Northern Marianas, causing minimal damage
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Typhoon Olga (1976) (T7605, 05W, ''Didang'') – affected the Philippines and Japan
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Typhoon Olga (1999)
Typhoon Olga, also known in the Philippines as Typhoon Ising, was a destructive and deadly typhoon that hit Korean Peninsula in 1999. Olga killed 106 people in Korea and caused $657 million in damages.
Meteorological history
On July 26, a d ...
(T9907, 11W, ''Ising'') – killed 106 people in North and South Korea and caused $657 million in damage
In the Australian region:
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Cyclone Olga (1981)
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Cyclone Olga (2000) The name Olga has been used seventeen tropical cyclones worldwide: three in the Atlantic Ocean, ten in the Western Pacific Ocean, and four in the Australian region in Southern Hemisphere. It has also been used for a European windstorm.
In the Atlan ...
– paralleled the Kimberley and Pilbara coasts
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Cyclone Olga (2010) The name Olga has been used seventeen tropical cyclones worldwide: three in the Atlantic Ocean, ten in the Western Pacific Ocean, and four in the Australian region in Southern Hemisphere. It has also been used for a European windstorm.
In the Atlan ...
– crossed the lower Cape York Peninsula and then meandered in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria
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Cyclone Olga (2024) The name Olga has been used seventeen tropical cyclones worldwide: three in the Atlantic Ocean, ten in the Western Pacific Ocean, and four in the Australian region in Southern Hemisphere. It has also been used for a European windstorm.
In the Atlan ...
– Category 5 severe tropical cyclone that dissipated off the coast of Western Australia
In Europe:
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Storm Olga
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