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. In the Atlantic: Tropical Storm Karen (1989), formed near Isla de la Juventud Tropical Storm Karen (1995), minimal storm that was absorbed by Hurricane Iris Hurricane Karen (2001), made landfall at Nova Scotia as a tropical storm Hurricane Karen (2007), Category 1 hurricane in the tropical Atlantic Tropical Storm Karen (2013), formed in the Gulf of Mexico Tropical Storm Karen (2019), briefly affected Puerto Rico before moving out to sea In the Western Pacific storms: Typhoon Karen (1948) (T4801), remained over open waters Typhoon Karen (1952) (T5209), struck South Korea and Japan Typhoon Karen-Lucille (1956) (T5619), crossed northern Philippines Typhoon Karen (1960) (T6001, 06W), left 56 dead and 7,000 homeless in the Philippines Typhoon Karen (1962) (T6228, 84W), destroyed 95% of the buildings on Guam Typhoon Rananim (2004) (T0413, 16W, Karen), struck China Typhoon Nuri (2008) (T0812, 13W, Karen), struck the Philippines and Hong Kong Typhoon Sanba (2012) (T1216, 17W, Karen), Category 5 super typhoon that made landfall in South Korea Typhoon Sarika (2016) (T1621, 24W, Karen), destructive Category 4 typhoon that struck the Philippines, South China, and Vietnam Karen was retired from the PAGASA after the 2016 typhoon season and was replaced with Kristine. In the South-West Indian: Cyclone Karen (1964) In the Australia region: Cyclone Karen (1977) Atlantic hurricane set index articles Pacific typhoon set index articles South-West Indian Ocean cyclone set index articles Australian region cyclone set index articles