The name Sally has been used for thirteen

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s worldwide: one in

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, nine in the Western Pacific Ocean, two in the Australian region, and one in the South Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic Ocean: *

Hurricane Sally Hurricane Sally was a destructive and slow-moving tropical cyclone that was the first hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. state of Alabama since Hurricane Ivan, Ivan in 2004 Atlantic hurricane season, 2004, coincidentally on the same date i ...

(2020) – a slow-moving Category 2 hurricane that made landfall in

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, contributing to heavy precipitation totals in the

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. In the Western Pacific Ocean: *

Typhoon Sally (1954) The 1954 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1954, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year wh ...

(T5421) – a Category 5-equivalent

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that was miles from making landfall in the Philippines before curving back into open waters. *

Tropical Storm Sally (1959) The 1959 Pacific typhoon season was regarded as one of the most devastating years for Pacific typhoons on record, with China, Japan and South Korea sustaining catastrophic losses. It was an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ...

(T5902, 03W) *

Typhoon Sally (1961) The 1961 Pacific typhoon season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1961, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year wh ...

(T6122, 54W) – a Category 1-equivalent typhoon. *

Typhoon Sally (1964) Typhoon Sally, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Aring, was a powerful tropical cyclone that brought widespread impacts during its week-long trek across the western Pacific in September 1964. The strongest tropical cyclone of the 1964 Pac ...

(T6418, 27W, Aring) – a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon that caused widespread agricultural damage in

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and made landfall in the Philippines at that intensity. Later became the fourth typhoon to affect

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during the 1964 season and contributed to the heaviest rainfall in over two decades in the

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area, killing at least 211 people. *

Typhoon Sally (1967) Typhoon Sally, also known as Typhoon Bebeng in the Philippines, was a moderate typhoon which impacted Palau and the Philippines during February and March 1967. The third tropical depression, first tropical storm, and first typhoon of the 1967 Paci ...

(T6702, 02W, Bebeng) – a Category 2-equivalent typhoon. * Tropical Storm Sally (1970) (T7005, 05W) – did not affect land. * Typhoon Sally (1972) (T7229, 31W) – a Category 1-equivalent typhoon that made landfall in Thailand. * Typhoon Sally (1976) (T7608, 08W, Isang) – a Category 4-equivalent typhoon that affected the

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. *

Typhoon Sally (1996) Typhoon Sally, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Maring, was an intense tropical cyclone that caused widespread damage across southeastern Asia, particularly in China, in September 1996. Forming well east of the Philippines on 5 Sept ...

(T9623, 23W, Maring) – a Category 5-equivalent super typhoon that made landfall in the

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. In the Australian region: *

Cyclone Sally (1971) The name Sally has been used for thirteen tropical cyclones worldwide: one in Atlantic hurricane, the Atlantic Ocean, nine in Typhoon, the Western Pacific Ocean, two in Australian region tropical cyclone, the Australian region, and one in South Paci ...

– a Category 4

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that made landfall in Australia. *

Cyclone Sally (2005) The name Sally has been used for thirteen tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the Atlantic Ocean, nine in the Western Pacific Ocean, two in the Australian region, and one in the South Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic Ocean: * Hurricane Sally (2020 ...

– a Category 2 tropical cyclone that did not affect land. In the South Pacific Ocean: *

Cyclone Sally (1986) The name Sally has been used for thirteen tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the Atlantic Ocean, nine in the Western Pacific Ocean, two in the Australian region, and one in the South Pacific Ocean. In the Atlantic Ocean: * Hurricane Sally (2020 ...

– a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone that affected the

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