List of named storms (R)

Storms

• Rachel
• Rae
• Rafael
• Ragasa (2025) – a large and powerful Category 5 super typhoon that severely affected Luzon, Taiwan and Southeastern China. Also known as Nando within the PAR.
• Rai
• Raja (1986) – was a tropical cyclone that holds the 24-hour rainfall record of for the French Overseas Territory of Wallis and Futuna.
• Ramil
• Rammasun
• Ramon
• Ramona
• Rananim (2002) – a Category 2 typhoon that impacted East China, causing damages of up to US$2.4 billion.
• Raoni (2021) – a rare South Atlantic subtropical storm.
• Raquel (2015) – the first tropical cyclone to exist within the South Pacific Ocean during the month of July on record; affected the Solomon Islands.
• Rashmi (2008) – a weak and short-lived tropical cyclone that impacted Bangladesh, killing 28 people.
• Ray (1975) – an early-season Australian severe tropical cyclone.
• Raymond
• Rebecca
• Rebekah (2019) – a subtropical storm that only persisted in the central Atlantic Ocean.
• Remal (2024) – a moderately intense tropical cyclone which affected coastal Bangladesh and West Bengal.
• Reming
• Rena (1949) – a November tropical storm that affected the Philippines.
• Rene
• Rening (1999) – a weak system that impacted Vietnam bringing torrential rainfall.
• Reuben (2015) – a weak tropical cyclone that brought heavy flooding in parts of Fiji.
• Rewa
• Rex (1998) – a Category 4 typhoon that stayed out at sea off Japan.
• Rhonda
• Richard (2010) – a late-October Category 2 hurricane that impacted Central America.
• Rick
• Riley (2019) – a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone, causing minimal impacts in Northwestern Australia.
• Rina
• Rita
• Ritang (1994) – a Category 5 super typhoon that affected East China and Taiwan.
• Roanu (2016) – a May tropical storm that affected Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
• Robert (1977) – a severe tropical cyclone that caused minor impacts in several South Pacific islands.
• Robyn
• Roger
• Roke
• Rolf (2011) – an unusual Mediterranean tropical storm that brought flooding to Italy, France, Spain, and Switzerland in November 2011.
• Rolly
• Romina (2024) – a weak tropical storm that formed near Brunei and Malaysia.
• Ron (1998) – the strongest tropical cyclone on record to impact Tonga.
• Rona (1999) – throated Queensland as a minimal tropical cyclone, but later re-developed into Cyclone Frank.
• Rosa
• Rosal (2022) – remained out at sea but caused 8 indirect deaths in the Philippines.
• Rosalie
• Rosalind (1947) – the first super typhoon ever recorded in the Northwest Pacific.
• Rose
• Rosie
• Rosing
• Rosita
• Roskas (2003) – a Category 3 typhoon that did not affect any land.
• Roslyn
• Roxanne (1995) – a rare and erratic Category 3 hurricane that caused extensive flooding in Mexico.
• Roy
• Rubing
• Ruby
• Rumbia
• Ruping
• Rusa (2002) – mainly affected the Korean Peninsula, bringing damages of up to US$4 billion.
• Russ
• Rusty (2013) – a Category 4 severe tropical cyclone that produced record duration gale-force winds in Port Hedland, Western Australia in late February 2013.
• Ruth
• Ryan