The name Bill has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Bill (1997), threatened Bermuda, but passed the island without incident Tropical Storm Bill (2003), made landfall west of New Orleans killing four and causing $50 million in damages Hurricane Bill (2009), a large Category 4 hurricane that passed Bermuda and grazed Nova Scotia before striking Newfoundland as a tropical storm Tropical Storm Bill (2015), made landfall in southeastern Texas causing minimal damage Tropical Storm Bill (2021), short lived tropical storm which remained in the open ocean The name Bill has also been used for three tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean. Typhoon Bill (1981) (T8119, 19W), formed east-southeast of Marcus Island; did not make landfall Typhoon Bill (1984) (T8425, 28W, Welpring), looped southeastward while just east of Luzon, and looped again to the southwest Tropical Storm Bill (1988) (T8809, 08W), struck China Atlantic hurricane set index articles Pacific typhoon set index articles