The name Hanna or Hannah has been used for eleven tropical cyclones worldwide: five in the Atlantic Ocean and six in the Western Pacific Ocean. Hanna has also been used for one extratropical European windstorm.
The name Karen has been used for seventeen tropical cyclones worldwide: six in the Atlantic Ocean, nine in the Western Pacific Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and one in the Australian region.
The name Betty has been used for a total of twenty tropical cyclones worldwide: one in the Atlantic Ocean, two in the South Pacific Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and sixteen in the Western Pacific Ocean.
The name Nina has been used for thirteen typhoons in the northwest Pacific Ocean, one tropical cyclone in the northeast Pacific Ocean, and one tropical cyclone in the southwest Pacific.
The name Alice has been used for eighteen tropical cyclones worldwide: four in the Atlantic Ocean, ten in the Western Pacific Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and three in the Australian region.
The name Ike has been used for three tropical cyclones worldwide, one in the Atlantic Ocean and two in the Western Pacific Ocean.
The 2008 Pacific typhoon season was a below average season which featured 22 named storms, eleven typhoons, and two super typhoons. The season had no official bounds; it ran year-round in 2008, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Typhoon Nuri, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Karen, was the 12th named storm and the seventh typhoon that was recognised by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center recognised it as the 13th tropical depression, the 12th tropical storm and the 8th typhoon of the 2008 Pacific typhoon season. The name Nuri was submitted to the World Meteorological Organisation's Typhoon Committee by Malaysia in 2003 after the name Rusa was retired in 2002. The name Nuri is Malay for a blue crowned parroquet, a type of parrot. The name Karen was assigned by PAGASA to a tropical depression for the second time, the other time being in 2004 to Typhoon Rananim.
The name Helen or Hellen has been used for twenty tropical cyclones worldwide: sixteen in the Western Pacific Ocean, one in the North Indian Ocean, one in the South-West Indian Ocean, and two in the Australian region.
The name Sinlaku has been used for four tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean. The name was contributed by the Federated States of Micronesia and means Kosrae, a legendary goddess.
The name Kim has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
The name Basyang has been used in the Philippines by PAGASA in the Western Pacific.
The 2014 Pacific typhoon season was a slightly below average season, featuring 23 tropical storms, 11 typhoons, 8 super typhoons, and 7 Category 5 typhoons. The season's peak months August and September saw minimal activity caused by an unusually strong and a persistent suppressing phase of the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO). The season ran throughout 2014, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The season began with the development of Tropical Storm Lingling on January 18, and ended after Tropical Storm Jangmi which dissipated on January 1 of the next year.
The name Henry has been assigned to five tropical cyclones in the Philippines by the PAGASA in the Western Pacific Ocean.
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