The name Ethel has been used to name five
tropical cyclone
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s worldwide, three times in the
Atlantic Ocean
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, plus once each in the Australian region of the South
Pacific Ocean
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and in the South-West
Indian Ocean
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.
In the Atlantic:
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Tropical Storm Ethel (1956) – formed near the Bahamas and moved out to sea.
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Hurricane Ethel (1960)
Hurricane Ethel was one of two major hurricanes in the 1960 Atlantic hurricane season. The sixth known tropical cyclone, fifth named storm, and fourth hurricane of the season, Ethel developed from a disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico on Septembe ...
– a Category 3 hurricane that weakened to a tropical storm prior to making landfall in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
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Hurricane Ethel (1964) – a Category 2 hurricane that passed to the northeast of Bermuda.
The name, ''Ethel'' was dropped in the Atlantic basin following the 1964 season, and was replaced by
''Edna'' for the 1968 season.
In the Australian region:
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Cyclone Ethel (1996) – twice transited Cape York Peninsula before making a final landfall along the southern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria, in the Northern Territory.
In the South-West Indian:
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Tropical Storm Ethel (2012) – a Category 1 equivalent cyclone that passed near Rodrigues.
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