The name Kuring has been used to name nine tropical cyclones in the Philippine Area of Responsibility in the West Pacific Ocean: Tropical Depression Thelma (1965) (04W, Kuring) Typhoon Tess (1969) (T6904, 04W, Kuring) – a Category 1-equivalent typhoon. Tropical Storm Fran (1973) (T7307, 07W, Kuring) – affected the Philippines. Tropical Storm Ruth (1977) (T7702, 03W, Kuring) – displaced thousands of people in the Philippines. Typhoon June (1981) (T8105, 05W, Kuring) – a Category 1-equivalent typhoon. Typhoon Hal (1985) (T8505, 05W, Kuring) – a Category 3-equivalent typhoon that caused 53 fatalities across the Philippines, Taiwan, and China. Typhoon Dot (1989) (T8905, 05W, Kuring) – a Category 3-equivalent typhoon that destroyed over 1,000 homes in Hainan. Tropical Depression 04W (1993) (04W, Kuring) – made landfall on Mindanao. Typhoon Opal (1997) (T9707, 08W, Kuring) – a Category 2-equivalent typhoon that affected Japan.