Storms Note: indicates the name was retired after that usage in the respective basin
Baaz (2005) – a cyclonic storm that struck southern India.
Babe 1962 – a tropical storm that made landfall on the central Vietnam coast. 1965 – a severe tropical storm that brushed southern China and struck Taiwan. 1967 – a tropical storm over the open western Pacific. 1971 – a tropical storm that passed between the Philippines and Taiwan. 1974 – a tropical storm that passed near the Marianas. September 1977 – an Atlantic hurricane that struck Louisiana. September 1977 – a strong typhoon that passed through the southern Ryukyu Islands and later struck northeastern China; the minimum sea-level pressure in Japanese land of 907.3hPa was recorded by Babe at Okinoerabu Island.
Babette (1977) – a tropical storm in the south-west Indian Ocean.
Babie (1992) – a short-lived tropical storm in the south-west Indian Ocean.
Babiola (2000) – a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean.
Babs 1951 – a typhoon over the open western Pacific. 1956 – a typhoon that passed between South Korea and Japan. 1959 – a tropical storm that struck the northwestern Philippines and Taiwan. 1998 – a powerful typhoon that struck the Philippines and Taiwan, killing 327 people.
Bailu 2019 – a tropical storm that struck Taiwan and China. 2025 – a weak tropical storm that passed east of Japan.
Baker 1950 – a hurricane that struck the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Alabama, causing 38 deaths. 1951 – a tropical storm that passed east of Bermuda. 1952 – a hurricane that passed between North Carolina and Bermuda.
Bako (2001) – formerly Cyclone Bessi in the Australian region, it was renamed upon entering the south-west Indian Ocean.
Bakoly (1983) – a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean that passed near Mauritius.
Bakung 2014 – a strong tropical cyclone over the open Indian Ocean. 2025 – a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone that stayed at sea.
Balita (2022) – a tropical storm that remained far out to sea.
Bandu (2010) – a cyclonic storm near Somalia
Bang-Lang (2026) – a Category 1 typhoon that stayed at sea.
Bansi (2014) – a very intense tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean that passed near Rodrigues.
Banyan 2005 – a tropical storm that struck Japan. 2011 – struck the Philippines, killed 10 people. 2017 – a strong typhoon over the open western Pacific. 2022 – remained out at sea.
Baomavo (1990) – a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean.
Bapo (2015) – a subtropical cyclone southeast of Brazil.
Barang 1967 – a short-lived tropical storm and dissipated east of the Philippines. 1971 – a Category 3 typhoon made landfall Philippines and affected South China and Vietnam. 1979 – a Category 3 typhoon that did not approach land. 1983 – a tropical storm that did not approach land.
Barbara 1946 – peaked as a Category 3 typhoon before making landfall in the Philippines as Category 1. 1953 – strong category 1 hurricane which moved up the U.S. east coast. 1954 – hit Louisiana as a moderate tropical storm. 1960 – a short-lived tropical storm in the south-west Indian Ocean. 1967 – a tropical cyclone in the South Pacific Ocean. 1975 – struck Madagascar twice. 1983 – a category 4 hurricane in the eastern Pacific that stayed far from land. 1989 – a category 1 hurricane in the eastern Pacific. 1995 – a strong category 4 hurricane that dissipated near Hawaii. 2001 – a tropical storm that passed close to Hawaii. 2007 – a tropical storm that made landfall near border of Guatemala and Mexico. 2013 – a large category 1 hurricane that made landfall on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico. 2019 – a powerful category 4 hurricane that did not affect land. 2025 – a Category 1 hurricane that paralleled the Mexican coast.
Barbarine (1961) – a tropical cyclone in the South Pacific Ocean.
Barijat 2018 – a weak tropical storm that caused flooding in the far northern regions of the Philippines and struck Southern China. 2024 – a weak tropical storm which stayed at sea.
Barisaona (1988) – an intense tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean.
Barry 1983 – made landfall on Florida as a tropical storm, weakened to a depression before crossing, strengthened into a hurricane after exiting into the Gulf of Mexico; later struck Mexico, causing some damage. 1989 – dissipated in the mid-Atlantic without threatening land. 1995 – formed off South Carolina then moved north, making landfall on eastern tip of Nova Scotia, causing no damage. 1996 – a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone that struck Northern Territory and Queensland. 2001 – made landfall in Florida, causing two deaths and $30 million in damage. 2007 – short-lived tropical storm that made landfall in western Florida. 2013- made landfall in Belize as a tropical depression before making landfall in Mexico while in the Bay of Campeche. 2019 – formed off the Gulf Coast before making landfall in Louisiana as a category 1 hurricane. 2025 – short-lived tropical storm that formed in the Bay of Campeche and made landfall in Mexico as a tropical depression.
Bart 1996 – a typhoon that passed east of the Philippines. 1998 – a tropical cyclone that killed 10 people in French Polynesia. 1999 – a typhoon that struck Japan. 2017 – a tropical cyclone in the South Pacific that affected the Cook Islands.
Basiang 1964 – a relatively strong typhoon which brushed Taiwan, northern Philippines and southern China before eventually making landfall in Vietnam. 1976 – a minimal tropical storm which stayed at sea 1980 – a tropical depression that was only recognized by PAGASA and JMA.
Basyang 2002 – affected Micronesia, killing one person and causing $150 million in damages. 2006 – a tropical depression that was only recognized by PAGASA and JTWC. 2010 – a poorly-forecasted minimal typhoon which caused destruction in the Philippines. 2014 – an early January tropical storm. 2018 – a weak tropical cyclone that affected southern and central parts of the Philippines in mid-February 2018. 2022 – extremely large early-season Category 3-equivalent typhoon that remained out to sea. 2026 – weak tropical storm that made landfall in the Southern Philippines.
Batsirai (2022) – a deadly tropical cyclone which heavily impacted Madagascar in February 2022, becoming the strongest tropical cyclone to strike Madagascar since Cyclone Enawo in 2017.
Bavi 2002 – a tropical storm southeast of Japan. 2008 – a tropical storm southeast of Japan. 2015 – a tropical storm that moved through the Marshall Islands. 2020 – Category 3 typhoon that made landfall in North Korea. 2026 – a powerful and long-lived Category 5 super typhoon that ravaged the Northern Mariana Islands and China.
Beatrice 1947 – a tropical storm over the open Western Pacific. 1959 – a tropical cyclone in the South Pacific Ocean. 1972 – formerly Cyclone Ivy in the Australian basin, it was renamed Beatrice when it crossed into the south-west Indian Ocean.
Beatriz 1981 – a hurricane southwest of Mexico. 1987 – a tropical storm southwest of Mexico. 1993 – a tropical storm that made landfall in southeastern Mexico, killing six. 1999 – a Category 3 hurricane that moved across the eastern Pacific Ocean. 2005 – a tropical storm southwest of Mexico. 2011 – a Category 1 hurricane that grazed southwestern Mexico and killed four. 2017 – a tropical storm that made landfall in southeastern Mexico, killing seven. 2023 – a Category 1 hurricane that dissipated shortly after forming, briefly threatened land.
Bebe (1972) – a tropical cyclone that affected Tuvalu and Fiji, killing 25 people.
Bebeng 1963 – tropical storm that affected the northern Philippines and hit Japan. 1967 – a Category 2 typhoon that hit the Philippines in early march. 1971 – a weak tropical storm that looped east of Mindanao before heading northwest. 1975 – a deadly tropical cyclone that triggered the Banqiao Dam collapse in China's Henan Province, China in August 1975. 1979 – struck the Philippines. 1983 – struck the Philippines. 1991 – struck the Philippines. 1995 – struck China. 1999 – remained in the open ocean. 2007 – a powerful tropical cyclone that battered Japan as a weakening typhoon and became the second super typhoon of the 2007 Pacific typhoon season, just after Yutu. 2011 – a mild tropical storm that affected eastern Philippines and southern Japan.
Bebinca 2000 – a tropical storm that hit the central Philippines; killed 26. 2006 – a tropical storm that swept across the Honshū coastal waters; 33 people dead or missing. 2013 – a tropical storm that struck Hainan and Vietnam. 2018 – a tropical storm that stalled near the southern coast of China before moving across Hainan and Vietnam. 2024 – passed the Ryukyu Islands and made landfall in Shanghai, China as the strongest storm since 1949.
Becky 1958 – a tropical storm that moved across the Atlantic Ocean. 1962 – a tropical storm in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean 1966 – a hurricane that dissipated near Atlantic Canada. 1968 – a tropical cyclone in the South Pacific Ocean. 1970 – a tropical storm that made landfall on the Florida Panhandle. 1974 – a hurricane that formed southwest of Bermuda and moved across the Atlantic. 1990 – a typhoon that hit northern Luzon as a strong tropical storm; strengthened over the South China Sea and hit northern Vietnam as a category 1 typhoon. 1993 – a typhoon that brushed the northern end of Luzon; landfall in China. 2007 – a tropical cyclone in the South Pacific that threatened Vanuatu but did not make landfall.
Bejisa (2013) – a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean that passed near Réunion.
Belal (2024) – Category 2 tropical cyclone that made landfall Réunion and Mauritius.
Belinda 1967 – a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean . 1972 – a tropical cyclone that passed near Christmas Island.
Bella 1966 – a tropical storm northeast of Madagascar. 1973 – a tropical cyclone that struck northern Australia. 1991 – a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean that sank a cargo ship, killing 36 people, and also passed near Rodrigues.
Bellamine (1996) – formerly Cyclone Melanie in the Australian, it was renamed in the south-west Indian Ocean and became an intense tropical cyclone.
Belle 1972 – a tropical depression in the south-west Indian Ocean that dissipated near Rodrigues. 1976 – a hurricane that struck New York and Connecticut, spurring widespread evacuations and killing 12 people.
Belna (2019) – a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean that struck northwestern Madagascar, killing nine people.
Beltane (1998) – an erratic tropical storm in the Mozambique Channel that struck or approached Madagascar on four occasions.
Bemany (1982) – a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean that passed between Mauritius and Rodrigues.
Bemazava (1987) – a tropical storm in the south-west Indian Ocean that executed a loop southeast of Rodrigues.
Ben 1979 – a tropical storm that struck the Philippines. 1983 – a tropical storm that approached Japan. 1986 – a powerful typhoon that passed east of Japan.
Benandro (1987) – a tropical storm that struck Madagascar.
Benedicte (1981) – a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean that brushed northern Madagascar and struck Mozambique, killing 13 people.
Beni 2003 (February) – an intense tropical cyclone in the South Pacific that passed near New Caledonia. 2003 (November) – an intense tropical cyclone that did not significantly affect land.
Benilde (2011) – a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean.
Benjamine (1979) – a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean that passed between Mauritius and Reunion.
Bentha (1995) – a tropical storm in the south-west Indian Ocean that was absorbed by another tropical storm.
Bento (2004) – the most intense tropical cyclone in November in the south-west Indian Ocean.
Berenice (1979) – a tropical storm southeast of Madagascar.