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The name Viola has been used for nine tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean and one in the Australian region of the Indian Ocean.

In the Western Pacific:

• Typhoon Viola (1953), a category 3 typhoon
• Typhoon Viola (1958)
• Tropical Depression Viola (1961)
• Typhoon Viola (1964) (Konsing), made landfall near Hong Kong as a tropical storm
• Typhoon Viola (1966), caused minor damage in Japan
• Typhoon Viola (1969) (Elang), a category 4 typhoon which caused 1000 deaths in and around Shantou, Guangdong, China.
• Typhoon Viola (1972) (Esang)
• Tropical Storm Viola (1975) (Gening)
• Typhoon Viola (1978) (Esang)

In the Australian region:

• Cyclone Viola (1979), a category 5 severe tropical cyclone; renamed Claudette after crossing into the South-West Indian Ocean

• Set index articles on storms
• Australian region cyclone set index articles
• Pacific typhoon set index articles