The name Amy or Ami has been used for sixteen
tropical cyclone
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s worldwide: one in the Atlantic Ocean, two in the
Australian region of the
Indian Ocean
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, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, one in the South
Pacific Ocean
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, and eleven in the Western Pacific Ocean.
In the Atlantic:
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Tropical Storm Amy (1975), neared the coast of North Carolina before turning out to sea
In the Australian region:
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Cyclone Amy (1967)
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Cyclone Amy (1980)
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 ...
, struck Western Australia as a Category 5 cyclone
In the South-West Indian:
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Tropical Storm Amy (1962), passed near Rodrigues and brushed St. Brandon
In the South Pacific:
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Cyclone Ami
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ami was one of the worst cyclones to affect Fiji. The system was the third cyclone and the second severe tropical cyclone of the 2002–03 South Pacific cyclone season. Cyclone Ami developed from a low-pressure area east ...
(2003) (10P, 5F), made landfall on
Vanua Levu
Vanua Levu (pronounced , , ), formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest island of Fiji. Located to the north of the larger Viti Levu, the island has an area of and a population of 135,961 .
Geology
Fiji lies in a tectonic ...
before subsequently crossing the western tip of Taveuni and then traversing the Lau Group
In the Western Pacific:
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Typhoon Amy (1951)
Typhoon Amy was an intense and deadly tropical cyclone that struck areas of the central Philippines in December 1951. Impacting the archipelago during the 1951 eruption of Mount Hibok-Hibok, Amy exacerbated the effects of the volcano, great ...
, struck the Central Philippines as a Category 4 typhoon
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Typhoon Amy (1956)
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Typhoon Amy (1959) (40W), struck Japan
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Typhoon Amy (1962), first made landfall in Taiwan as a Category 4 super typhoon, then in China as a typhoon; moved out into the
South China Sea
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, and finally made landfall in South Korea as a tropical storm
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Typhoon Amy (1965) (07W, Elang), brushed Japan
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Typhoon Amy (1967) (27W), remained over the open ocean
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Typhoon Amy (1971) (05W, Etang), traversed the Caroline Islands as a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon
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Tropical Storm Amy (1974)
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Tropical Storm Amy (1977) (09W, Ibiang), hit Taiwan
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Typhoon Amy (1991)
Typhoon Amy, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Gening, was a very destructive typhoon which was the second typhoon to strike China in a week during mid-July 1991. An area of convection was first observed on July 13 within the vicinit ...
(07W, Gening), Category 4 typhoon that brushed southern Taiwan and then made landfall in southern China
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Tropical Storm Amy (1994) (15W), made landfall in Vietnam
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