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What names are used for hurricanes after the Greek alphabet?
Nine Greek letters were pressed into service in last year’s busy Atlantic hurricane season. Officials said they left people confused. There will be no Hurricane Pi, Rho, Sigma or Tau.
Why are some hurricane names retired?
Names repeat every six years unless a storm is particularly destructive. In that case, its name is retired “for reasons of sensitivity.” A total of 93 names have been retired since 1954, including 12 “I” named storms. Statistically, storms with “I” names are the most likely to be retired.
What are the Greek names for hurricanes in 2020?
This year the added Atlantic names include Deshawn, Orlanda and Viviana. The organization also retires the names of particularly deadly or destructive storms: those from the 2020 season are Laura, Eta and Iota, and Dorian is a late addition from 2019.
How do we name hurricanes today?
NOAA’s National Hurricane Center does not control the naming of tropical storms. Instead, there is a strict procedure established by the World Meteorological Organization. For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of male and female names which are used on a six-year rotation.
Is Sally a retired hurricane name?
Sally, which caused $7.3 billion in damage to the southeastern U.S., is now the most expensive hurricane name to not be retired. The WMO decision to stop using Greek names is much-needed. Impacts from Eta and Iota were severe enough that those names have been formally retired by the Hurricane Committee.
Are there any retired names for tropical cyclones?
Below is a list of retired names for the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. There are, however, a great number of destructive storms not included on this list because they occurred before the hurricane naming convention was established in 1950. Can I have a tropical cyclone named for me?
What was the last name of a hurricane?
The Greek alphabet has been used only once, in 2005 – the year that gave us hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. The names Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, and Zeta were all used that year. Retired Atlantic hurricane names and the last year they were used (full list):
Are there any tropical cyclones named after Saints?
Ivan R. Tannehill describes in his book “Hurricanes” the major tropical storms of recorded history and mentions many hurricanes named after saints.
Why are names of tropical storms no longer used?
The World Meteorological Organization also said on Wednesday that Dorian, Laura, Eta and Iota would no longer appear on the rotating lists of Atlantic tropical storm names, which repeat every six years. The names were retired, the organization said, because of the death and destruction the storms had caused.