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Brianna, Holly, Miguel will replace Beryl, Helene and Milton on the rotating list of hurricane names. When a storm name is ...
When it comes to naming a hurricane, not every name has what it takes. Could a hurricane ever be named Mortimer, Nixon or Helene?
Hurricane names are retired after it causes ... Even-numbered years start with male names, while uneven years start with female names. It wasn’t always like this. Before satellites existed ...
When the Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1 ... In 1979, the list began alternating between male and female names. Today, a committee from the World Meteorological Organization, the ...
From Andrea and Humberto to Sebastien and Wendy, 21 names are ready to be rolled out for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1. The pre-selected list of names, chosen by an ...
When Hurricane Andrew tore through South Florida in 1992 ... In 1953, the U.S. began using female names for hurricanes, a practice expanded in 1979 to include both female and male names on a six-year ...
(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) A hurricane blows in on a Florida beach. (Image by David Mark from Pixabay.) ORLANDO, Fla. – There are six lists of names that are used in a rotation and ...
After an extremely active and deadly 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, the World Meteorological Organization is retiring the names of three particularly devastating storms that broke records and ...
The WMO has retired hurricane names Beryl, Helene and Milton after the death and destruction caused in 2024. The names will be replaced with Brianna, Holly and Miguel. The WMO maintains six lists ...