Storms Note: indicates the name was retired after that usage in the respective basin Labuyo 2001 – made landfall on Taiwan. 2007 – 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. 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. Lance (1984) – a tropical cyclone off the east coast of Australia. 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 . 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. 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. 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