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List of New York hurricanes

The list of New York hurricanes covers storms striking New York State, where direct landfalls are rare and include the deadly 1938 Long Island Express and Hurricane Sandy.

List of New York tornadoes

New York tornadoes are the tornadoes recorded in New York State, 535 from 1950 to 2025, including the deadly 2025 Oneida County tornado and the 1998 Mechanicville outbreak.

List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

A list of major North American tornadoes and outbreaks, from the 1974 and 2011 Super Outbreaks to the Tri-State tornado that killed over 747 people in 1925.

List of North Carolina hurricanes

North Carolina hurricanes are the tropical cyclones that have struck the state, which ranks second to Florida in landfalls, averaging a direct hit every two years since 1851.

List of oceanographers

The list of oceanographers covers notable scientists who study the ocean, spanning pioneers like Matthew Fontaine Maury to modern figures like Marie Tharp and Dean Roemmich.

List of Ohio tornadoes

The tornadoes recorded in Ohio since 1950 number over 1,500, spanning landmark outbreaks in 1965, 1974, 1985, and 2019, and a record 74 tornadoes in 2024.

List of Philippine tornadoes

The list of Philippine tornadoes covers tornadoes and waterspouts in the Philippines, locally called buhawi or ipo-ipo, documented from the early 1900s, with 1,186 reports compiled through 2025.

List of Queensland tropical cyclones

Tropical cyclones that form in or affect the Coral Sea and the Queensland coast of Australia, including Althea (1971), Larry (2006), Yasi (2011), and Alfred (2025).

List of retired Atlantic hurricane names

The list of retired Atlantic hurricane names covers the 83 storm names, like Katrina and Sandy, that the WMO has removed from reuse because the storms were deadly or destructive.

List of retired Australian region cyclone names

The list of retired Australian region cyclone names covers names permanently retired after severe impacts, from Audrey and Flora in 1964 through Freddy, Gabrielle, and Ilsa in 2023.

List of retired Pacific hurricane names

The list of retired Pacific hurricane names covers deadly eastern and central Pacific storms, from Adele in 1970 to John in 2024, whose names the World Meteorological Organization has withdrawn from reuse.

List of retired Philippine typhoon names

The list of retired Philippine typhoon names covers the 71 names PAGASA has decommissioned and 50 it has delisted since 1963, after deadly or costly storms like Yolanda.

List of river systems by length

A list of river systems by length ranks the world's river systems, with the Nile and Amazon contending for first place and figures varying by measurement method.

List of rock formations

The list of rock formations gathers notable scenic rocks, from Balanced Rock and Delicate Arch in Utah to the Burren in Ireland, and explains how erosion shapes them.

List of rock types

The list of rock types, also called types of rocks, catalogs the named rocks in the three classes by origin: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic, from granite and basalt to schist.

List of South American tornadoes in 2026

The list of South American tornadoes in 2026 covers tornadoes in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay during an unusually active year, including an F4 tornado at Piraí do Sul, Brazil.

List of South Atlantic tropical and subtropical cyclones

The list of South Atlantic tropical and subtropical cyclones covers storms in a basin where they form rarely, best known for Hurricane Catarina, which struck southern Brazil in March 2004.

List of South Carolina hurricanes

The list of South Carolina hurricanes covers tropical cyclones affecting South Carolina since records began in 1851, including the deadliest storm, the 1893 Sea Islands hurricane.

List of storms named Saudel

Saudel is a western North Pacific typhoon name contributed by Micronesia in 2017, replacing Soudelor; Typhoon Saudel struck the Philippines in 2020 and Japan in 2026.

List of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains

The list of subranges of the Appalachian Mountains, also called the Appalachians, catalogs the named ranges and physiographic provinces of the Appalachian Highlands from Alabama into Canada.

List of tectonic plate interactions

Tectonic plate interactions are how lithosphere plates move relative to each other where they meet: divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries, each producing its own landforms, earthquakes, and volcanoes.

List of tectonic plates

The list of tectonic plates covers Earth's rigid lithosphere slabs; the widely cited PB2002 model lists 52, including 14 large plates such as the Pacific.

List of Texas hurricanes (1980–present)

List of Texas hurricanes (1980–present), covering storms from Hurricane Allen in 1980 through Hurricane Beryl in 2024, including Harvey and Ike, two of the costliest in US history.

List of the most intense tropical cyclones

The most intense tropical cyclones on record are ranked by pressure and wind: Typhoon Tip (870 mb, 1979) and Hurricane Patricia (185 kt, 2015) hold the records.

List of tornadoes by width

The list of tornadoes by width records the widest tornadoes measured by damage path or radar, led by the 2.6-mile El Reno, Oklahoma, tornado of May 2013.

List of United States hurricanes

The list of United States hurricanes covers tropical cyclones with hurricane-force winds affecting US territory from 1851, led by the 1900 Galveston hurricane in deaths and Katrina in damage.

List of United States tornadoes from April to May 2023

The list of United States tornadoes from April to May 2023 catalogs 147 April and 536 May tornadoes confirmed by National Weather Service surveys, with 9 deaths overall.

List of United States tornadoes from January to March 2026

A list of the 289 preliminary tornado reports in the United States from January to March 2026, including an early-March outbreak from Texas to Michigan that killed 13 people.

List of United States tornadoes from July to September 2026

The list of United States tornadoes from July to September 2026 covers confirmed and preliminary tornadoes, including a Wisconsin EF3 and Detroit's first tornado since 1997.

List of United States tornadoes from May to June 2026

The list of United States tornadoes from May to June 2026 covers a quiet May followed by a record-setting June with major outbreaks in Illinois, Indiana, and Mississippi.