The name Luis has been used for five

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: one 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 ...

and four by

PAGASA The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (, abbreviated as PAGASA , which means "hope" as in the Tagalog language, Tagalog word ''pag-asa'') is the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS ...

in the Western Pacific Ocean. In the Western Pacific, the name was originally called Lagalag in 2002. In the Atlantic: *

Hurricane Luis Hurricane Luis was a long lived and powerful tropical cyclone that was the strongest hurricane to make landfall and the third-most intense hurricane recorded during the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm, along with Humberto, Iris, and ...

(1995) – a Category 4 hurricane which killed 16 in the Leeward Islands and one in Newfoundland and Labrador. The name ''Luis'' was retired following the 1995 Atlantic hurricane season and was replaced by '' Lorenzo''. In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Shanshan (2006) (T0613, 14W, Luis) – a strong typhoon which struck Japan * Typhoon Kalmaegi (2014) (T1415, 15W, Luis) – a minimal typhoon which struck the Philippines * Tropical Depression 24W (2018) (24W, Luis) – a weak tropical depression which struck Taiwan * Typhoon Roke (2022) (T2218, 20W, Luis) – a minimal typhoon that did not threaten any land areas

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