Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
List of storms named Virginia
List of storms with the same or similar names From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
The name Virginia has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean.
- Typhoon Virginia (1957) (T5705, 05W) – Category 5 typhoon, killed 86 people and caused extensive damage in Taiwan and southern Japan
- Typhoon Virginia (1960) (T6011, 27W) – Category 2 typhoon, killed 2 people when it hit Shikoku and Honshu in Japan
- Tropical Storm Virginia (1963) (T6306, 15W, Etang) – moderate tropical storm that remained out to sea
- Typhoon Virginia (1965) (T6525, 31W) – minimal Category 1 typhoon, approached Japan before curving back out to sea
- Tropical Storm Virginia (1968) (T6811, 15W) – became a severe tropical storm just west of the International Date Line and shortly thereafter crossed into the Central Pacific basin
- Typhoon Virginia (1971) (T7125, 26W) – strong Category 4 typhoon, killed 56 people died in Japan due to numerous landslides
- Typhoon Virginia (1974) (T7420, 24W) – Category 1-equivalent typhoon, never affected land.
- Typhoon Virginia (1978) (T7807, 07W) – Category 1-equivalent typhoon, brushed eastern Japan
Remove ads
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads