The name Amy or Ami has been used for sixteen
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Dep ...
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, and eleven in the Western Pacific Ocean.
In the Atlantic:
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Tropical Storm Amy (1975)
Tropical Storm Amy was the first tropical cyclone to develop during the 1975 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming on June 28 from a trough of low pressure, Amy gradually attained tropical storm status off the coast of North Carolina. A rapidly ...
, 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 ant ...
, struck Western Australia as a Category 5 cyclone
In the South-West Indian:
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Tropical Storm Amy (1962) The name Amy or Ami has been used for sixteen tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the Atlantic Ocean, two in the Australian region of the Indian Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, one in the South Pacific Ocean, and eleven in the Western ...
, 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 o ...
(2003) (10P, 5F), made landfall on Vanua Levu 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)
The 1956 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1956, 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 when ...
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Typhoon Amy (1959)
The 1959 Pacific typhoon season was regarded as one of the most devastating years for Pacific typhoons on record, with China, Japan and South Korea sustaining catastrophic losses.
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north o ...
(40W), struck Japan
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Typhoon Amy (1962)
Typhoon Amy was a super typhoon formed in August and September 1962. Amy made landfall in Taiwan as a category 4 equivalent super typhoon, then in China as a typhoon, moved out into the South China Sea, and finally made landfall in South Korea a ...
, first made landfall in Taiwan as a Category 4 super typhoon, then in China as a typhoon; moved out into the South China Sea, and finally made landfall in South Korea as a tropical storm
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Typhoon Amy (1965)
The 1965 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1965, 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 ...
(7W, Elang), brushed Japan
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Typhoon Amy (1967)
The 1967 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1967, 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 whe ...
(27W), remained over the open ocean
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Typhoon Amy (1971)
The 1971 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1971, 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 whe ...
(5W, Etang), traversed the Caroline Islands as a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon
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Tropical Storm Amy (1974)
The 1974 Pacific typhoon season was the first season on record to not feature a Category 5 equivalent super typhoon; a feat later repeated by the 1977 and 2017 seasons. Even so, the season was overly active, with 32 tropical storms and 16 typhoo ...
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Tropical Storm Amy (1977)
The 1977 Pacific typhoon season was one of the least active Pacific typhoon seasons on record, with only 19 tropical storms forming. It was also the second of three known typhoon seasons during the satellite era (since 1960) to not produce a Cate ...
(9W, Ibiang), hit Taiwan
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Typhoon Amy (1991)
Typhoon Amy 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 vicinity of Yap. A tropical depression developed the next day. While initially tracking ...
(7W, Gening), Category 4 typhoon that brushed southern Taiwan and then made landfall in southern China
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Tropical Storm Amy (1994)
The 1994 Pacific typhoon season was an extremely active season in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the Western North Pacific, with a total of 32 tropical storms, where 19 of them reached typhoon strength, during the course of the ...
(15W), made landfall in Vietnam
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