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The name Harriet has been used for eleven tropical cyclones worldwide: seven in the Western Pacific Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and three in the Australian Region of the Indian Ocean. In the Western Pacific: Typhoon Harriet (1952) – hit China as a Category 3-equivalent typhoon. Typhoon Harriet (1956) – struck Japan.
Tropical cyclones are named for historical reasons and so as to avoid confusion when communicating with the public, as more than one tropical cyclone can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists. They are usually assigned to tropical cyclones with one-, three-, or ten-minute windspeeds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph).
Continental United States hurricane strikes 1950–2022. The list of United States hurricanes includes all tropical cyclones officially recorded to have produced sustained winds of greater than 74 mph (119 km/h) in the United States, which is the minimum threshold for hurricane intensity.
Tropical cyclones affect the island chain with tropical storm-force winds once every three years, on average. [11] The wettest known cyclone to affect the island group occurred early in 1966, when nearly 19 inches (480 mm) fell at Vaipito. [1]
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Members of the 1944 Iowa State men's basketball team (left to right): Roy Wehde, Price Brookfield, Gene Oulman, Bob Sauer, Ray Wehde. That season was the last time the Cyclones reached the Final Four.
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Tropical Storm Harriet was a rather weak but extremely deadly tropical cyclone that hit Thailand and East Pakistan in October 1962. It formed in the South China Sea before making landfall in Southern Thailand and crossing the Malay Peninsula into the Bay of Bengal .