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