Storms Note: indicates the name was retired after that usage in the respective basin
Labuyo 2001 – made landfall on Taiwan. 2005 – a typhoon that hit Vietnam and China the most powerful storm to affect Hainan in over 30 years, killing more than 113 people. 2009 – remained out in the open ocean. 2013 – powerful typhoon that made landfall on Luzon, in the Philippines, and later in Guangdong, China.
Laila (2010) – a severe cyclonic storm that struck southeastern India, killing 65 people.
Lala 1984 – a tropical storm southeast of Hawaii. 2026 – a Category 4 hurricane that caused extensive flooding in Hawaii.
Lam (2015) – a tropical cyclone that struck Australia's Northern Territory.
Lan 2017 – a typhoon that struck Japan, causing $2 billion in damage and killing 17 people. 2023 – a powerful category 4 typhoon that struck Japan.
Lana 1948 – a Category 1 typhoon in the western Pacific that did not affect land. 2009 – a strong tropical storm that passed south of Hawaii.
Lance (1984) – a tropical cyclone off the east coast of Australia.
Lando 2007 – an erratic, late-season typhoon which traversed the Philippines twice. 2011 – a weak and short-lived system which was only recognized by PAGASA and JMA. 2015 – a strong typhoon that struck the Philippines, claiming 62 lives and inflicting a damage total worth ₱14.4 billion (US$313 million).
Lane 1978 – a tropical storm over the open eastern Pacific Ocean. 1982 – a tropical storm southwest of Mexico. 1988 – a Category 2 hurricane that formed south of Mexico and moved westward. 1994 – a Category 4 hurricane that moved across much of the eastern Pacific. 2000 – a Category 2 hurricane that later brought rainfall to California. 2006 – a strong Category 3 hurricane that made landfall in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. 2012 – a Category 1 hurricane southwest of Mexico. 2018 – a powerful Category 5 hurricane that weakened as it approached Hawaii. 2024 – a tropical storm that remained away from land.
Lannie 2017 – an intense and destructive tropical cyclone that affected parts of East Asia, especially Japan, during September 2017. 2021 – a tropical storm which caused minor damage to the Philippines, Vietnam, and Hainan Island. 2025 – a Category 1 typhoon which affected Hong Kong, Macau, and South China.
Larry 2003 – tropical storm that hit the Mexican state of Tabasco. 2006 – powerful cyclone that struck northeastern Australia, leaving $1.1 billion in damage. 2021 – a large and long-lived hurricane that made landfall in Newfoundland.
Laura 1947 – typhoon in the western Pacific. 1967 – tropical cyclone in the southwest Pacific Ocean. 1971 – a system that formed off Panama, looped south of western Cuba and landed in southern Belize. 2008 – a large but short-lived system that remained in the open ocean. 2020 – developed in the Caribbean Sea before growing into a powerful Category 4 hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico before making landfall in Louisiana.
Laure (1980) – a powerful tropical cyclone that passed near Mauritius.
Laurence 1990 – a weak tropical cyclone to the north of Western Australia. 2009 – a powerful cyclone that struck Western Australia three times.
Laurie 1969 – a hurricane that looped in the Gulf of Mexico and struck Mexico twice. 1976 – a short-lived tropical cyclone in the South Pacific.
Lawin 2004 – moved through the Ryūkyū islands before passing between South Korea and Japan. 2008 – remained far offshore north of Luzon. 2012 – the most intense tropical cyclone of the 2012 Pacific typhoon season in terms of ten-minute maximum sustained winds, tied with Typhoon Sanba. 2016 – a powerful category 5 super typhoon that made landfall in Peñablanca, Cagayan of the Philippines and in Haifeng County, Shanwei in the Guangdong province of China.
Leah (1973) – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone off northwestern Australia.
Lee 1981 – typhoon in the western Pacific, a category 2 storm that caused 188 fatalities in the Philippines. 1985 – a tropical storm in the western Pacific that struck North Korea. 1988 – a tropical storm in the western Pacific. 2005 – a short-lived, minimal tropical storm in the Atlantic. 2007 – cyclone in the Australian basin that crossed into the south-west Indian Ocean, where it was renamed Ariel. 2011 – a strong tropical storm that made landfall in Louisiana, and its remnants caused catastrophic flooding in the Northeast US. 2017 – a Category 3 Atlantic hurricane that spent its initial stages as a weak tropical storm. 2023 – a Category 5 hurricane that remained in the open ocean, made landfall in Nova Scotia as an extratropical cyclone.
Leepi 2013 – a tropical storm that brushed the Philippines and struck Japan. 2018 – a tropical storm that struck southwestern Japan. 2024 – weak tropical storm that did not affect land.
Lehar (2013) – a very severe cyclonic storm that originated in the South China Sea and moved across the Bay of Bengal, later striking India.
Lekima 2001 – a typhoon that struck Taiwan and China. 2007 – a tropical storm that brought heavy rains to Luzon and struck Vietnam. 2013 – the second strongest 2013 storm worldwide. 2019 – brought heavy rains and flooding to Luzon due to its enhancement of the southwest monsoon, later intensifying into the season's second super typhoon, and made landfall in China.
Lena 1971 – a tropical cyclone off northeastern Australia. 1983 – a tropical cyclone that struck Port Hedland, Western Australia. 1993 – a tropical cyclone between Western Australia and Indonesia.
Lenny (1999) – a Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that crossed the Caribbean from west to east, later crossing the northern Lesser Antilles.
Leo 1977 – a tropical cyclone that struck Port Hedland, Western Australia. 1999 – a typhoon that struck southern China. 2000 – a tropical cyclone that formed near French Polynesia.
Leon 1989 – a powerful tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean stayed out at sea. 2000 – a tropical cyclone off Western Australia that was renamed Eline in the south-west Indian Ocean. 2020 – a weak, but deadly tropical cyclone that impacted central Vietnam. 2024 – a large Category 4 super typhoon that made landfall in Taiwan.
Leonie (1969) – a short-lived tropical cyclone off southwest Western Australia.
Les (1998) – a tropical cyclone that struck the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Leslie 1979 – cyclone in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. 2000 – weak tropical storm that impacted Bermuda, Florida, Cuba, and Newfoundland. 2012 – long-lived Category 1 hurricane that caused minor damage in Bermuda and Newfoundland. 2018 – a long-lived tropical cyclone that constantly fluctuated between tropical storm and Category 1 hurricane intensity, made landfall in the Iberian Peninsula as an extratropical cyclone. 2024 – a Category 2 hurricane that traversed the open Atlantic.
Lester 1980 – a tropical storm off the southern coast of Mexico. 1986 – a short-lived tropical storm over the open Eastern Pacific. 1992 – a minimal hurricane that struck the Baja California peninsula and Sonora, later entering Arizona as a tropical storm. 1998 – a major hurricane that paralleled the Mexican coastline, causing two deaths. 2004 – a tropical storm that dissipated just offshore Acapulco, Mexico. 2016 – a Category 4 hurricane that brushed Hawaii. 2022 – weak and short-lived storm that dissipated along the coast of southwestern Mexico
Leucosia (1982) – a rare Mediterranean tropical cyclone Levi (1997) – a tropical storm that formed near the Philippines, killing 53 people.
Lewis 1990 – a tropical storm that dissipated east of the Philippines. 1993 – a tropical storm that struck the Philippines and Vietnam.
Lex 1980 – a typhoon that passed east of Japan. 1983 – a tropical storm that struck Vietnam, killing 200 people. 1986 – a tropical storm that passed through the Marianas Islands.
Lexi (2018) – a subtropical cyclone in the South Pacific.
Lezissy (1989) – a tropical storm in the south-west Indian Ocean.
Li (1994) – a minimal hurricane that crossed much of the northern Pacific Ocean.
Libby (1948) – a typhoon that passed south of Japan.
Lidia 1981 – a deadly tropical storm that struck Sinaloa, killing 73 people and causing $80 million in damage. 1987 – a minimal hurricane southwest of Mexico. 1993 – a Category 4 hurricane that later struck Sinaloa, Mexico, killing 7 people. 2005 – a short-lived tropical storm southwest of Mexico. 2017 – a tropical storm that made landfall in Baja California Sur, killing 20 people. 2023 – a rapidly intensifying Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Lidy (1995) – a tropical depression in the south-west Indian Ocean that dropped heavy rainfall on Rodrigues.
Lila (1986) – a tropical cyclone that was formerly named Billy in the Australian basin, was renamed Lila in the south-west Indian Ocean, and was again renamed Billy after it re-entered the Australian basin, where it later struck southwestern Australia.
Lili 1984 – a rare December hurricane, made landfall in Haiti on Christmas Eve after degenerating into a group of thunderstorms. 1989 – cyclone in the South Pacific that impacted New Caledonia. 1990 – threatened the eastern United States for a short time but turned north, losing its tropical characteristics before reaching Nova Scotia. 1996 – caused extensive damage in Central America, Cuba and the Bahamas; killed eight in Central America while it was forming, and retained tropical storm winds as it crossed the British Isles, killing two in the United Kingdom. 2002 – impacted Windward Islands, Jamaica and Haiti. After crossing the western end of Cuba, it reached Category 4 strength but weakened substantially in the 12 hours before striking Louisiana. Killed a dozen on the islands and caused $850 million in damage to the United States. 2019 – off-season tropical cyclone in the Australian region that affected Indonesia and East Timor.
Liling (1964) a powerful tropical cyclone that impacted Palau and the Philippines.
Lillian 1963 – a tropical storm that struck western Mexico. 1973 – a minimal hurricane southwest of Mexico.
Lilly (1946) – a typhoon that brushed Japan and struck South Korea.
Lily 1966 – a tropical depression that passed north of Madagascar. 1967 – a minimal hurricane off the west coast of Mexico. 1971 – a Category 1 hurricane that struck Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, killing 12 people. 1975 – a Category 1 hurricane that never affected land. 1977 – a short-lived tropical storm northeast of Australia.
Lin 1993 – a tropical cyclone in the South Pacific. 2009 – a tropical cyclone that passed near Tonga.
Lincoln (2024) – a Category 1 tropical cyclone that affected Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Linda 1976 – made landfall south of Darwin, Australia. 1985 – crossed into the Central Pacific as a tropical depression. 1991 – recurved out to sea. September 1997 – second most intense hurricane in the Pacific basin with a minimum pressure of 902 mbar. Also the second strongest hurricane in the Pacific in terms of 1-min winds. November 1997 – made landfall in Vietnam and Thailand as a tropical storm. 2003 – never affected land. 2004 – a tropical cyclone southwest of Indonesia. 2009 – caused no damage or deaths. 2015 – affected Baja California. 2018 – a tropical cyclone off northeastern Australia. 2021 – long-lived Category 4 hurricane that stayed out at sea.
Lindsay 1985 – a tropical cyclone that struck Broome, Western Australia. 1996 – a tropical cyclone southwest of Indonesia.
Linfa 2003 – brought deadly flooding to areas of the Philippines and Japan in May and June 2003. 2009 – made landfall in Fujian. 2015 – a tropical cyclone that affected the northern Philippines, Taiwan and southern China in early July 2015.