The name Betty has been used for a total of twenty-one
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: seventeen in the Western Pacific Ocean – most recently for three storms in the
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
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PAGASA
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (, abbreviated as PAGASA , which means "hope" as in the Tagalog language, Tagalog word ''pag-asa'') is the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS ...
– and one each in the Atlantic Ocean, the South Pacific Ocean, the Australian region, and the South-West Indian Ocean. In addition, it has been used to name one extratropical cyclone in Europe.
In the Atlantic:
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Hurricane Betty (1972) – a Category 2 hurricane (initially a subtropical system named ''Bravo'') which developed north-northeast of Bermuda but did not make landfall.
In the Western Pacific:
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Tropical Storm Betty (1945) – a short-lived early season storm that did not affect land.
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Typhoon Betty (1946) – a strong typhoon that brushed the coasts of the Philippines and Japan.
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Typhoon Betty (1949) (T4923) – a late-season tropical cyclone that hit southern Philippines.
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Typhoon Betty (1953) (T5319) – a powerful typhoon which took an unusual south-southeastward path from Hainan to the Philippines.
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Typhoon Betty (1958) (T5812) – a short-lived but relatively strong system that was considered by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) as a typhoon, despite the Joint Typhoon Warning Center only considering it as a high-end tropical storm.
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Typhoon Betty (1961) (T6104, 11W) – an early-season Category 4-equivalent super typhoon which struck Taiwan and eastern China.
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Typhoon Betty (1964) (T6405, 07W, Edeng) – a typhoon that formed to the east of Taiwan and passed near Shanghai.
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Severe Tropical Storm Betty (1966) (T6617, 17W) – a strong tropical storm that brushed southern Japan and eventually made landfall in South Korea.
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Typhoon Betty (1969) (T6908, 08W, Huling) – a minimal typhoon that struck Taiwan and China.
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Typhoon Betty (1972) (T7214, 14W, Maring) – a Category 4-equivalent super typhoon that passed through the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan before striking China.
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Typhoon Betty (1975) (T7512, 14W, Ising) – a relatively strong typhoon which struck Taiwan and China
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Typhoon Betty (1980)
Typhoon Betty, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Aring, was the strongest typhoon to strike the Philippines in ten years. An area of disturbed weather developed on October 27, 1980, near Truk Atoll. After turning east from south, the ...
(T8021, 25W, Aring) – a powerful typhoon which caused $181 million worth of damages to the Philippines and killed 101 people.
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Severe Tropical Storm Betty (1984) (T8404, 04W, Konsing) – a tropical storm which affected the Philippines and China.
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Typhoon Betty (1987) (T8709, 09W, Herming) – a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon that severely impacted the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand, causing $100 million worth of damages and claiming a total of 92 lives.
Named by the PAGASA:
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Tropical Storm Bavi (2015)
Tropical Storm Bavi (transliterated from Vietnamese Ba Vì), known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Betty, was an early-season tropical storm in the 2015 Pacific typhoon season. The system influenced the trade winds over the Pacific Ocean an ...
(T1503, 03W, Betty) – affected Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, and the Philippines.
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Typhoon Wutip (2019)
Typhoon Wutip, known in the Philippines as Tropical Depression Betty, was the most powerful February typhoon on record, surpassing 2015 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Higos, Typhoon Higos of 2015. The third tropical cyclone, second tropical sto ...
(T1902, 02W, Betty) – a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon, caused over $3.3 million (2019 USD) in damages in Guam and Micronesia.
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Typhoon Mawar
Typhoon Mawar, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Betty, was one of the strongest Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclones on record in the month of May, and the strongest tropical cyclone Tropical cyclones in 2023, worldwide in 2023. The ...
(2023) (T2302, 02W, Betty) – another Category 5-equivalent super typhoon which severely affected Guam and later crossed Okinawa.
In the Australian region:
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Tropical Cyclone Betty (1966) – a cyclone which made landfall in Australia's
Northern Territory
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In the South Pacific:
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Cyclone Betty (1975) – an erratic and relatively strong tropical cyclone that looped near Fiji.
In the South-West Indian:
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Tropical Storm Betty (1963) – a weak system which affected no land areas.
In Europe:
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Storm Betty (2023) – struck Ireland and the United Kingdom during mid-August 2023.
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