List of storms named Linda explained
List of storms named Linda should not be confused with List of storms named Linfa.
The name Linda has been used for eleven tropical cyclones worldwide.
In the Eastern Pacific:
- Tropical Storm Linda (1985) – minimal tropical storm that crossed into the Central Pacific as a tropical depression.
- Hurricane Linda (1991) – Category 3 hurricane which recurved out to sea.
- Hurricane Linda (1997) – Category 5 hurricane that became the second-most intense hurricane in the Eastern Pacific basin with a minimum pressure of 902 mbar. Also the second strongest hurricane in the Pacific in terms of 1-min sustained winds.
- Hurricane Linda (2003) – Category 1 hurricane that never affected land.
- Hurricane Linda (2009) – Category 1 hurricane that caused no damages or deaths.
- Hurricane Linda (2015) – Category 3 hurricane which affected Baja California, bringing heavy rainfall and deadly flash flooding to Utah.
- Hurricane Linda (2021) – long-lived Category 4 hurricane that stayed out at sea.
In the Australian region:
- Tropical Cyclone Linda (1976) – made landfall south of Darwin, Australia.
- Tropical Cyclone Linda (2004) – persisted out to sea.
- Tropical Cyclone Linda (2018) – never affected land.
In the Western Pacific:
- Tropical Storm Linda (1997) – catastrophic system which killed over 3123 people in various parts of Southeast Asia. Considered the worst storm in southern Vietnam is over a century. Also called Openg in the Philippines, and BOB 08 in the North Indian Ocean.