The name Sam or Samuel has been used for five
tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its locat ...
s worldwide, one in the Atlantic Ocean, two in the Western Pacific Ocean, and one in the Australian region of the Indian Ocean.
In the North Atlantic:
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Hurricane Sam
Hurricane Sam was a powerful and long-lived tropical cyclone that threatened Bermuda, lasting from September 22 through October 7, 2021. It was the fifth longest-lasting intense Atlantic hurricane, as measured by accumulated cyclone energy, since ...
(2021) – a powerful long-lived Category 4 hurricane that churned in the open ocean.
In the Western Pacific:
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Tropical Storm Sam (1999)
Severe Tropical Storm Sam, also known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Luding, was a relatively strong storm that formed in August 1999. It brought severe impacts to the Philippines and southeastern China, causing 20 deaths.
Meteorologic ...
(T9910, 16W, Luding) – a Category 1-equivalent severe tropical storm that made landfall in the Philippines, China, and South Korea.
The name ''Samuel'' replaced the retired name ''
Seniang'', due to the number of damages in the Philippines caused by the tropical storm in 2014.
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Tropical Storm Usagi (2018)
Severe Tropical Storm Usagi, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Samuel, was a tropical cyclone that affected the Philippines and Southern Vietnam in late-November 2018. , which refers to the constellation Lepus in Japanese, it causing se ...
(T1829, 33W, Samuel) – a Category 2-equivalent typhoon (a Severe Tropical Storm, according to the JMA) that made landfall in the Philippines and Vietnam.
In the Australian region:
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Cyclone Sam (1977) – churned in the open ocean; renamed Cyclone Celimene when it crossed 90°E
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Cyclone Sam
Severe Tropical Cyclone Sam (JTWC designation: 03S) was an intense tropical cyclone that brought flooding rainfall to a wide swath of northern Australia in December 2000. The first tropical cyclone of the regional season, Sam originated f ...
(2000) – a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian scale that made landfall in Western Australia.
The name ''Sam'' was retired in the Australian region following the 2000–01 cyclone season.
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