# List of storms named Opal

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The name **Opal** has been used for twelve [tropical cyclones](/source/Tropical_cyclone) worldwide: one in the [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) and eleven in the Western [Pacific Ocean](/source/Pacific_Ocean).

In the Atlantic:

- [Hurricane Opal](/source/Hurricane_Opal) (1995), a Category 4 hurricane that caused severe and extensive damage along the northern Gulf Coast of the United States

After the 1995 season, name Opal was retired, and replaced with was replaced with [Olga](/source/List_of_storms_named_Olga).

In the Western Pacific:

- [Typhoon Opal (1945)](/source/Typhoon_Opal_(1945)), struck Japan
- [Typhoon Opal (1946)](/source/Typhoon_Opal_(1946)), struck the Philippines
- [Typhoon Opal (1955)](/source/Typhoon_Opal_(1955)) (T5526), struck Japan
- [Tropical Storm Opal (1959)](/source/Tropical_Storm_Opal_(1959)) (27W)
- [Typhoon Opal (1962)](/source/Typhoon_Opal_(1962)) (T6210, 48W), struck Taiwan, China, Korea and Japan ([ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%98%AD%E5%92%8C37%E5%B9%B4%E5%8F%B0%E9%A2%A8%E7%AC%AC10%E5%8F%B7))
- [Typhoon Opal (Naning)](/source/Typhoon_Opal_(1964)) (1964) (T6434, 51W), struck the Philippines
- [Typhoon Opal (1967)](/source/Typhoon_Opal_(1967)) (T6722, 25W)
- [Tropical Storm Opal (1970)](/source/Tropical_Storm_Opal_(1970)) (T7024, 26W)
- [Typhoon Opal (1973)](/source/Typhoon_Opal_(1973)) (T7316, 18W)
- [Tropical Storm Opal (1976)](/source/Tropical_Storm_Opal_(1976)) (T7625, 26W)
- [Typhoon Opal (Kuring)](/source/Typhoon_Opal_(Kuring)) (1997) (T9707, 08W), struck Japan

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