The name Usagi has been used to name 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 in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by Japan and it refers to

Rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated ...

or Japanese name of the constellation

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. * Tropical Storm Usagi (2001) (T0110, 13W) – a weak storm that struck Vietnam. * Typhoon Usagi (2007) (T0705, 05W) – struck Japan. *

Typhoon Usagi (2013) Typhoon Usagi, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Odette, was a tropical cyclone which affected Taiwan, the Philippines, China, and Hong Kong in mid September 2013. , which refers to the constellation Lepus in Japanese, was the fourth ty ...

(T1319, 17W, Odette) – a Category 4 super typhoon that struck the Philippines and China. * Tropical Storm Usagi (2018) (T1829, 33W, Samuel) – a severe tropical storm (a Category 2 equivalent typhoon by the JTWC) that made landfall in the Philippines and Vietnam in November 2018. * Typhoon Usagi (2024) (T2425, 27W, Ofel) – a Category 4 super typhoon that struck the Philippines and Taiwan. The name ''Usagi'' was retired at the end of the 2024 season. Its replacement name will be announced in 2026.

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