Cyclones
This is a comprehensive and deep dive into the rabbit hole that is the world of Tropical Cyclones.
These systems have been around for thousands of years as an integral part of our planet's climate systems; yet it is only within the last half century or so that we have begun to unravel their mysteries slowly, layer by layer.
(WIP) Every entry is planned to have sourced links, or contain entry descriptions if the said entry is too general or vague to have a sourced link. Current progress is up to the C5 tier + some entries in the lower tiers.
Original iceberg by Redux and UhDebbie,
Credits and gratitude are given to the following folks for helping contribute various entries to the iceberg:
Redux, UhDebbie, Warma, TSKAlex, FoxFire29, JavaHurricane, Julia (Astradia), AsrielTheLatvian, Fan, Raiko, Sierra, Shep, KobiKraft24, Infinity2, Betelgeuse, Mlsc83167, Gigachadclash, Maxim, Lunorawke, Lars, Keoxal, Lucarius, December, Layten, and everyone in the TC community in general who supported the making of this comprehensive project.
Controversies
General Terms
Notable Storms
Incidents/Other Events
Seasons

Tropical Depression Tier
Hurricanes = Typhoons = Cyclones
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers across the globe
Hurricane Melissa 2025
Tropical Storm Tier
Category 1
Wikipedia Project for Tropical Cyclones (WPTC)
AI Forecasting models
ECMWF Artificial Intelligence/Integrated Forecasting System (AIFS)
Google Deep Mind (FNV3)
NASA Earthdata
Category 2
>90% of all storms in the Best Track are underestimated
Lorenzo 2019 and Matthew 2016's Peak Intensity
"Pinhole eye"
155mph Intensity debates
Test Storms on the ATCF
Claudette 2021 operationally named over a Walmart
2022 Madagascar TC Outbreak
1780 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Severe Tropical Cyclone Maila 2026
Category 3
Typhoon Saola's peak intensity
Snubbed Cyclone Name Retirements
No official EPAC C5s from 1973 to 1994
Reconnaisance in the Western Pacific post 1987
Cyclones may have shaped key historical Events
The name "Kenneth"
"Cyclone Jet"
Research missions into the WPAC in 2008-10
Odd names on IBTRACS
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gavin 1997
1977 North Indian Ocean Season
Cyclone Biparjoy 2023
Cyclone Gonu 2007
The discarding of SFMR
1821 Norfolk Long Island Hurricane
1846 Havana Hurricane
Hurricane Connie 1955
Hurricane Richard 2010 Jaguar incident
Category 4
The two Babes of 1977
1992 had 11 simultaneous TCs on Sep 26
1737 Calcutta Cyclone was considered an Earthquake
Typhoon Morakot 2009's retirement
Hurricane Debby transports Cocaine onto the Florida Coast
TDs 05W 1979, 08W 1999 and 17W 2008
Dr. M. Mohapatra's speech on Phailin
"Invest" 92L, May 2012
Cyclone 03B 1988
Cyclone Gista 1985-86
1816 Atlantic Hurricane Season
1886 Atlantic Hurricane Season
1930 San Zenón hurricane
Hurricane Martha 1969
Cyclone Aviona 1992
Category 5
Tropical Cyclones in the Black Sea?
The wrong way moving train of 1984-85 in the South Pacific
Namtheun 2021's CMA estimate
1996-97 Southern Hemisphere Season
TD 07L 2003
Invest 90E 2019
TY Dolphin 2008's track
November 1964 Vietnam floods
Ophelia 1958 recon accident
ESCS Two of 1963
Meteo-France and NHC disagree over Grace 2009
RAINEX
Lu Pen Yuan Yu
MV Linkuva
Hattie 1961 changed Belize's capital city from Belize City to Belmopan
891mb recorded in a storm in the Bay of Bengal in 1833
Train Uprooted by the Rameshwaram Cyclone
NIO Cyclone on the famous Blue Marble image of 1972
Tropical Storm Nora 1970
Typhoon Olga 1976 and 'Apocalypse Now'
05B 1995
Andhra Pradesh Cyclone (1996)
Marge (1986)'s circulation aided the global journey of the Rutan Voyager
H*Wind
1867 San Narciso hurricane
1877 Venezuela–Florida hurricane
TC Amanda 1863
1871 Texas hurricane
1862 Panama tropical storm
Super Cyclones
"Snowcloud Five"
Criminal Incidents in affected areas after a storm
Hurricane Party during Camille (likely a hoax)
Manila Garbage Pile disaster
Extinction of the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō
"Hypercane"
Cyclones on other Planets
Reconnaissance in the North Indian Ocean
The Border b/w the AUS and the SWIO changed in 1985
Tahiti named cyclones in the 1980s in the SPAC
Cyclone Gay-Olive-Peggy 1965
1940 Wake Island Typhoon
1891 Siam Cyclone
Typhoon Kate 1970
Storms affecting Russia
SS Cotopaxi
Cyclone Denise 1966
Halo 2's "I love bees" lost operator call
Christine 1973's formation
Medicane "Alpha" 1969
1780 July Typhoon
Cyclone Bebe 1972
1892 Mauritius Cyclone
Vera 1959 saw the first ever model forecasts
1940 Pacific Typhoon Season
TEV Wahine
Cyclone Lydie 1973
Cyclone Val 1991
Cyclone Amy 1979
6 simultaneous TCs in the WPAC in August 1950
Typhoon Georgia 1951 threatened US Nuclear weapons testing
1905 Worldwide
Cyclone Peter 1978-79
1997 South Atlantic Storm
1890 Muscat (Sohar) Cyclone
"Aurora" 1983
The 1871 Hawaii Hurricane
Typhoon Ida 1969
1973-74 SWIO Cyclone Season
Storms not on IBTRACS
1979-80 Australian Region Cyclone Season
The curious case of Mike 1950
Shah Rukh Khan and GPM
TC Oliver (16P) 1993
Vietnam Met Agency gave certain TCs RPG-like battle stats...?
Cyclone Kesiny 2002 and the ensuing Madagascar political turmoil
1872 Zanzibar Cyclone
03B 1995 in Nepal
1932 May tropical storm
1588 Cartagena hurricane
1761 Cartagena hurricane
1747 Saint Kitts hurricane
1864 Apalachee Bay hurricane
1822 Martinique–Venezuela hurricane
1837 Atlantic hurricane season
1825 East Coast hurricane
1817 Great Lesser Antilles hurricane
1752 South Carolina hurricane
1502 Columbus hurricane
1885 Gulf of Aden Cyclone