The name Sarah was used for seventeen tropical cyclones worldwide: fourteen in the Western Pacific Ocean (thirteen by the JTWC and one by the PAGASA, in which it replaced Sendong following the onslaught of Tropical Storm Washi) and three in the South Pacific Ocean.
In the Western Pacific:
- Typhoon Sarah (1951)
- Typhoon Sarah (1956)
- Typhoon Sarah (1959) – Category 5-equivalent typhoon which devastated South Korea, killing at least 2,000 people; also known as the Miyakojima Typhoon
- Typhoon Sarah (1962)
- Tropical Storm Sarah (1965) (T6503, 03W)
- Typhoon Sarah (1967) (T6727, 30W)
- Tropical Storm Sarah (1971) (T7101, 01W)
- Tropical Storm Sarah (1973) (T7319, 21W)
- Typhoon Sarah (1977) (T7703, 05W, Elang)
- Typhoon Sarah (1979) (T7919, 22W, Sisang-Uring)
- Tropical Storm Sarah (1983) (T8301, 01W)
- Severe Tropical Storm Sarah (1986) (T8610, 09W, Iliang)
- Typhoon Sarah (1989) (T8919, 22W, Openg)
By the PAGASA:
- Severe Tropical Storm Fung-wong (2019) (T1927, 28W, Sarah)
In the South Pacific:
See also
- Cyclone Sarai (2019), a similarly-named tropical cyclone in the South Pacific.
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