Tropical Storm Nora

The name Nora has been used for eighteen

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s and one

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worldwide: seven in the Eastern Pacific, ten in the Western Pacific, and once in the Australian Region and in Western Europe. In the Eastern Pacific: * Tropical Storm Nora (1985) – not a threat to land. * Hurricane Nora (1991) – a Category 2 hurricane that dissipated before making landfall. *

Hurricane Nora (1997) Hurricane Nora was the first tropical cyclone to enter the Continental United States from the Pacific Ocean since Hurricane Lester in 1992. Nora was the fifteenth named tropical cyclone and the seventh hurricane of the 1997 Pacific hurricane s ...

– a powerful Category 4 hurricane which made landfall in

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, later moving into the

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. * Hurricane Nora (2003) – a Category 2 hurricane that became the strongest storm of the season; made landfall as a tropical depression. * Tropical Storm Nora (2009) – no threat to land. * Tropical Storm Nora (2015) – approached

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but dissipated before landfall. *

Hurricane Nora (2021) Hurricane Nora was a large tropical cyclone that caused significant damage across the Pacific Coast of Mexico in late August 2021. The fourteenth named storm and fifth hurricane of the 2021 Pacific hurricane season, Nora was first monitored by th ...

– a large Category 1 hurricane that made landfall in the

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state of

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. In the Western Pacific: * Typhoon Nora (1945) – late-season typhoon which threatened the

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but eventually recurved at sea. *

Typhoon Nora (1951) The 1951 Pacific typhoon season was a generally average season with multiple tropical cyclones striking the Philippines. With the exception of January, each month saw at least one tropical system develop; October was the most active month with f ...

(T5112) – powerful typhoon which made landfall in northern

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and northern

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. * Typhoon Nora (1955) (T5525) – relatively strong typhoon which brushed the coast of

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. * Tropical Storm Nora (1959) (T5913, 26W) – a tropical storm that made landfall in

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. *

Typhoon Nora (1962) The 1962 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; there was activity in every month but January, March, and June, but most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November and this conventionally delimits t ...

(T6209, 46W) – struck the

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and

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, causing the deaths of 15 people. * Tropical Storm Nora (1964) (T6433, 49W, Moning) – weak tropical storm which caused a shipwreck in the Philippines, presumably killing 18. * Typhoon Nora (1967) (T6721, 24W, Sisang) – minimal typhoon which affected the

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and

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. * Tropical Storm Nora (1970) (T7023, 25W) – relatively strong tropical storm that brushed the coasts of southern Vietnam,

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and

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, with its remnants contributing to the formation of the

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. * Typhoon Nora (1973) (T7315, 17W, Luming) – one of the most intense tropical cyclones ever recorded; impacted the Philippines, Taiwan and China at a weaker strength, claiming at least 40 lives. * Severe Tropical Storm Nora (1976) (T7624, 25W, Aring) – struck the central and eastern regions of the Philippines. In the Australian Region: * Cyclone Nora (2018) – made landfall in

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, causing more than US$25 million in damages and economic losses. In Western Europe: * Storm Nora, an extratropical cyclone which affected northern and western Europe, also known as Storm Eunice and Storm Zeynep. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nora Pacific hurricane set index articles Pacific typhoon set index articles Australian region cyclone set index articles