The name Rachel has been used for five
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.
In the Eastern Pacific Ocean:
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Tropical Storm Rachel (1984) – formed in the open ocean
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Tropical Storm Rachel (1990)
Tropical Storm Rachel was the only tropical cyclone to make landfall during the 1990 Pacific hurricane season. The twenty-fourth tropical depression and eighteenth named storm, Rachel developed on September 27 from a tropical wave southwe ...
– made landfall in Mexico twice, caused 18 deaths
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Hurricane Rachel (2014) – Category 1 hurricane, no effect on land
In the Western Pacific Ocean:
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Tropical Storm Rachel (1999) – struck Taiwan, and regenerated, before dissipating over the Yellow Sea
In the Southwest Pacific Ocean:
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Cyclone Rachel (1997) – Category 1-equivalent tropical cyclone that struck Port Hedland at peak intensity
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