List of named storms (V)

Storms

 * Note: † indicates the name was retired after that usage in the respective basin


 * Vae (1952) – Category 1 typhoon, struck Vietnam then crossed over to the North Indian Ocean before dissipating.


 * Vaianu (2006) – Category 1-equivalent cyclone, caused minor damage in Tonga.


 * Vamco
 * 2003 – hit Zhejiang in eastern China; also known as Manang within the PAR.
 * 2009 – Category 4-equivalent typhoon, churned in the open ocean.
 * 2015 – affected Indochina, killing 15 people.
 * 2020† – powerful and deadly Category 4-equivalent Typhoon, made landfall on Luzon and in Vietnam; also known as Ulysses within the PAR.


 * Vamei (2001)† – formed at about 85 nmi from the equator, closer than any other tropical cyclone on record, struck Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.


 * Val
 * 1975 – Category 4 tropical cyclone, meandered near Fiji and Wallis and Futuna.
 * 1980 – passed over Wallis and Futuna.
 * 1982 – short-lived storm east of Taiwan; also known as Deling within the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), and also considered a continuation of Tess by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
 * 1985 – passed south of Taiwan, dissipated approaching Guangdong; also known as Narsing within the PAR.
 * 1988 – late season storm, dissipated northeast of the Philippines; also known as Apiang within the PAR.
 * 1991† – Category 4 tropical cyclone, caused over US$250 million in damage in Samoa and American Samoa.
 * 1992 – remained east of Japan.
 * 1995 – took erratic track southeast of Japan before dissipating northeast of the Philippines.


 * Valerie (1962) – Category 1 hurricane, struck western Mexico.


 * Vanessa
 * 1976 – Category 3 tropical cyclone, meandered off the northwest coast of Australia
 * 1981 – remained well east of Japan
 * 1984 – Category 5 super typhoon, killed 64 people in the Philippines, despite remaining well east of the country; also known as Toyang within the PAR
 * 1988 – moved across the Philippines then struck southeastern China; also known as Edeng within the PAR
 * 1991 – moved across the Philippines then dissipated in the South China Sea; also known as Bebeng within the PAR
 * 1994 – short-lived storm, absorbed by the larger Typhoon Tim off the west coast of Luzon; also known as Loleng within the PAR


 * Vance
 * 1990 – Category 2 hurricane, made a clockwise loop looped off the southwest coast of Mexico
 * 1999† – Category 4 tropical cyclone, caused severe damage across the western coast of Australia
 * 2014 – Category 2 hurricane, weakened as it curved back toward the coast of Mexico


 * Vania
 * 1994 – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that affected Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
 * 2011† – a Category 2 tropical cyclone that affected Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand.


 * Vardah (2016) – struck the Andaman and Nicobar Islands along with South India.


 * Vaughn (2000) – Category 2 tropical cyclone, dissipated as it approached the coast of Queensland.


 * Vayu (2019) – Category 3-equivalent tropical cyclone, struck the Saurashtra Peninsula of northwestern India.


 * Veena (1983)† – Category 3-equivalent tropical cyclone, moved through French Polynesia.


 * Veli
 * 1987 – a Category 1 tropical cyclone that affected Vanuatu; interacted with and absorbed Cyclone Uma
 * 1998† – Category 2 tropical cyclone, caused minor damaging surf on the islands of French Polynesia


 * Velma (1983) – short-lived tropical storm off the southwestern coast of Mexico.


 * Vera
 * 1951 – tropical storm, remained east of Japan.
 * 1956 – Category 1 typhoon, struck the Philippines, Hainan, and Vietnam.
 * 1959 – deadly Category 5 super typhoon, struck Japan, killing around 5,000 people.
 * 1962 – Category 1-equivalent typhoon, passed northwest of Okinawa before making landfall near Kagoshima.
 * 1965 – short-lived tropical storm that struck the eastern Philippines; also known as Daling within the PAR.
 * 1967 – tropical storm, remained east of Japan.
 * 1971 – minimal typhoon, remained away from land; also known as Karing within the PAR.
 * 1973 – moved across southern Philippines; also known as Openg within the PAR.
 * 1974 – developed east of Australia and progressed southeastward.
 * 1977 – Category 3 typhoon, rapidly intensified prior to striking Taiwan and eastern China; also known as Huling within the PAR.
 * 1979 – Category 5 super typhoon, weakened before hitting Luzon; also known as Yayang within the PAR.
 * 1983 – Category 2 typhoon, crossed the Philippines and Hainan, killing 127 people; also known as Bebeng within the PAR.
 * 1986 – Category 3 typhoon, took an erratic track before hitting South Korea, killing 25 people; also known as Loleng within the PAR.
 * 1989 – struck Zhejiang in eastern China, killing 500 people; also known as Pining within the PAR.


 * Vern (1978) – Category 2 tropical cyclone, hit Western Australia.


 * Verna
 * 1945 – a strong tropical storm, moved across Hainan island.
 * 1977 – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone that made landfall near Bowen, Queensland.


 * Verne
 * 1991 – passed north of Guam.
 * 1994 – Category 4 typhoon, passed near Guam, stalled as it approached the Philippines, then moved out to sea; also known as Delang in the PAR.


 * Vernon
 * 1980 – Category 3 typhoon, remained east of Japan.
 * 1984 – caused flooding in Vietnam.
 * 1986 – developed and dissipated northeast of Australia.
 * 1987 – passed northeast of Luzon and later struck Taiwan; also known as Diding in the PAR.
 * 1990 – Category 2 typhoon, remained east of Japan.
 * 1993 – Category 1 typhoon, paralleled the east coast of Japan.
 * 2022 – Category 3 tropical cyclone, remained over the open Indian Ocean.


 * Veronica (2019)† – Category 5 severe tropical cyclone, hit Western Australia causing about A$1.7 billion (US$1.2 billion) in economic losses


 * Vicente
 * 2005 – caused severe flooding in Vietnam and Thailand.
 * 2012† – Category 4 typhoon, struck the Chinese province of Guangdong; also known as Ferdie within the PAR.
 * 2018 – small tropical storm, made landfall in the Mexican State of Michoacán.


 * Vicki (1998) – Category 2 typhoon hit Luzon and Japan, killing 108 people, mostly related to the sinking of the MV Princess of the Orient; also known as Gading within the PAR.


 * Vicky
 * 1972 – Category 2 tropical cyclone, crossed Western Australia coast at Cockatoo Island.
 * 2001 – short-lived storm, remained over the open South Pacific Ocean.
 * February 2020 – short-lived storm, tracked near Samoa then passed just south of Tutuila in American Samoa.
 * September 2020 – storm churned in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.
 * December 2020 – caused deadly flooding in the Philippines; also known as Krovanh beyond the PAR.


 * Victor
 * 1986 – Category 3 tropical cyclone, parallelled the coast of Western Australia.
 * 1997 – killed 655 people when it struck the Chinese province of Guangdong; also known as Goring within the PAR.
 * 1998 – formed from the remnants of Cyclone Katrina, moved through the Northern Territory and into the Indian Ocean, becoming a Category 2 tropical cyclone; renamed Cindy upon entering the South-West Indian Ocean.
 * 2016 – Category 2 tropical cyclone, formed east of Pago Pago, American Samoa.
 * 2021 – large tropical storm, formed south of Cabo Verde and moved over the open Atlantic Ocean.


 * Victoria
 * 1965 – developed off the southwest coast of Mexico.
 * 2013 – Category 3 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian Scale, remained well west of Australia.


 * Vida (1975) – Category 2 tropical cyclone, paralleled the coast of Western Australia, buffeted the Perth metropolitan region area with high winds.


 * Vince
 * 2005 – Category 1 hurricane, formed southeast of the Azores and made landfall on the Iberian Peninsula as a tropical depression
 * 2011 – poorly organized storm, formed and dissipated northwest of Western Australia


 * Vincent
 * 1990 – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone paralleled the coast of Western Australia.
 * 2001 – made landfall in Western Australia as a tropical low.


 * Vinta
 * 2009 – Category 5 super typhoon, the most intense tropical cyclone worldwide in 2009, remained over the open Pacific Ocean; also known as Nida beyond the PAR.
 * 2013 – Category 3 typhoon, struck Luzon and affected Vietnam; also known as Krosa beyond the PAR.
 * 2017† – Category 2 typhoon, struck Mindanao killing 266 people; also known as Tembin beyond the PAR.


 * Viola
 * 1953 – Category 3 typhoon, passed south of Taiwan.
 * 1958 – Category 3 typhoon, brushed Guam and remained east of Japan.
 * 1961 – short-lived storm near southern Vietnam.
 * 1964 – Category 1-equivalent typhoon, struck near Hong Kong; also known as Konsing within the PAR.
 * 1966 – severe tropical storm, caused minor damage in Japan.
 * 1969 – Category 4 typhoon, caused 1,000 deaths in Guangdong, China; also known as Elang within the PAR.
 * 1972 – classified as a tropical storm by the JTWC, stayed far east of Japan; also known as Esang within the PAR.
 * 1975 – short-lived storm northeast of the Philippines; also known as Gening within the PAR.
 * 1978 – Category 4 typhoon that tracked northeast of the Philippines; also known as Esang within the PAR.
 * 1979 – Category 5 severe tropical cyclone on the Australian scale; renamed Claudette after crossing into the South-West Indian Ocean.


 * Violet
 * 1955 – Category 1 typhoon, struck Mindanao in the Philippines.
 * 1959 – short-lived tropical depression near southeastern Vietnam.
 * 1961 – Category 5 super typhoon, clipped the Boso Peninsula of Japan.
 * 1964 – Category 1-equivalent typhoon, struck central Vietnam.
 * 1967 – Category 4-equivalent typhoon, hit northeastern Luzon; also known as Karing within the PAR.
 * 1970 – crossed Luzon in the Philippine island of Luzon and then made landfall in Guangdong, China; also known as Heling within the PAR.
 * 1972 – severe tropical storm, remained over the open Pacific Ocean.
 * 1976 – tropical storm that killed two people when it struck Hainan and Guangdong in China; also known as Lusing within the PAR.
 * 1995† – Category 2 tropical cyclone that paralleled Australia's east.
 * 1996 – Category 4 super typhoon, brushed southeastern Japan; also known as Osang within the PAR.


 * Violeta (2004)† – traversed the Philippines as a tropical depression, killed 31 people; also known as Merbok beyond the PAR.


 * Vipa (2001) – Category 1 typhoon, passed southeast of Japan.


 * Viyaru (2013) – a relatively weak tropical cyclone that caused loss of life across six countries in Southern and Southeastern Asia.


 * Virgil
 * 1992 – Category 4 hurricane, weakened before landfall in the Mexican state of Colima.
 * 1999 – severe tropical storm southeast of Japan.


 * Virginia
 * 1957 – Category 5 typhoon, killed 86 people and caused extensive damage in Taiwan and southern Japan.
 * 1969 – Category 2 typhoon, killed 2 people when it hit Shikoku and Honshu in Japan.
 * 1963 – moderate tropical storm that remained out to sea; also known as Etang within the PAR.
 * 1965 – minimal Category 1 typhoon, approached Japan before curving back out to sea.
 * 1968 – became a severe tropical storm just west of the International Date Line and shortly thereafter crossed into the Central Pacific Ocean.
 * 1971 – strong Category 4 typhoon, killed 56 people died in Japan due to numerous landslides.
 * 1974 – Category 1-equivalent typhoon, never affected land.
 * 1978 – Category 1-equivalent typhoon, brushed eastern Japan.


 * Viring (2003) – Category 1 typhoon, struck northeastern Luzon, killing four people, then passed just east of Taiwan; also known as Melor beyond the PAR.


 * Vivian (1985) – short-lived tropical storm far to the southwest of the Baja California peninsula.


 * Vivienne
 * 1971† – South Pacific tropical cyclone.
 * 1984 – developed southwest of Indonesia; renamed Fanja after crossing into the South-West Indian Ocean.
 * 2005 – short-lived storm off the northwest coast of Western Australia.


 * Viyaru (2013) – brought heavy rains to parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand, killing 107 people; known operationally as Mahasen.


 * Vongfong
 * 2002 – tropical storm that struck the Chinese province of Guangdong, killing 41 people.
 * 2008 – tropical storm that passed east of Japan.
 * 2014 – Category 5 super typhoon that struck Japan; also known as Ompong within the PAR.
 * 2020† – Category 3 typhoon that hit the Philippines, causing over ₱1 billion damage; also known as Ambo within the PAR.