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The names of significant tropical cyclones are retired from the lists, with a replacement name selected at the next meeting of the Hurricane Committee. [1] If all of the names on the annual name list are used, any additional tropical or subtropical storms will receive a name from a supplemental list. [1]
There are many terms used to describe the severity of a storm as it's developing, and some become severe enough to warrant a name. Here's what to know
The practice of using names to identify tropical cyclones goes back several centuries, with storms named after places, saints or things they hit before the formal start of naming in each basin. Examples of such names are the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane (also known as the "San Felipe II" hurricane) and the 1938 New England hurricane. The system ...
What storm comes next after Hurricane Milton? What we learned about how storms are named. How hurricanes and tropical storms get their names: Who names them and why?
Before 1953, tropical storms and hurricanes were tracked by year and the order in which they occurred during that year, not by names. At first, the United States only used female names for storms.
2005 – category 1 hurricane that persisted beyond the official November 30 end date of the hurricane season. 2020 – late-season Category 3 hurricane that tracked east of Bermuda. Eric; 1985† – one of two tropical cyclones to affect the island nations of Vanuatu and Fiji within a week during January 1985.
The NHC has published the alphabetical lists of names that will be used to name hurricanes from 2023 through 2028. There are also lists for Pacific hurricanes. There are also lists for Pacific ...
The Central Pacific Hurricane Center uses traditional Hawaiian names for hurricanes that form within its regional sphere of jurisdiction. It has formed four lists of names to choose from. As soon as all the names are exhausted from the first list, it moves on to the second, then third, then fourth, then back to the first and so on.