Tropical Storm Olga

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The name Olga has been used for sixteen tropical cyclones worldwide: three in the Atlantic Ocean (where it replaced the name Opal), ten in the Western Pacific Ocean, and three in the Australian region in Southern Hemisphere.

In the Atlantic:

In the Western Pacific:

  • Tropical Storm Olga (1948) (T4827)
  • Typhoon Olga (1954) (T5417)
  • Typhoon Olga (1958) (T5830)
  • Typhoon Olga (1961) (T6119, 51W)
  • Tropical Storm Olga (1964) (22W) – formed and remained in the Gulf of Tonkin.
  • Tropical Storm Olga (1966) (T6634, 37W)
  • Typhoon Olga (1970) (T7002, 02W) – affected Japan.
  • Typhoon Olga (1972) (T7226, 28W) – struck the Marshall Islands and the Northern Marianas, causing minimal damage.
  • Typhoon Olga (1976) (T7605, 05W, Didang) – affected the Philippines and Japan.
  • Typhoon Olga (1999) (T9907, 11W, Ising) – killed 106 people in North and South Korea and caused US$657 million in damages.

In the Australian region:

  • Tropical Cyclone Olga (1981)
  • Tropical Cyclone Olga (2000) – paralleled the Kimberley and Pilbara coasts
  • Tropical Cyclone Olga (2010) – crossed the lower Cape York Peninsula and then meandered in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria.
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