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The World Meteorological Organization has added four names to the list never to be used again to describe a tropical storm.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Wednesday officially replaced the names of the trio of 2024 storms that killed ...
The pre-selected list of names, chosen by an international committee of meteorologists, is repeated every six years.
Hurricane names are rotated every six years, but new names are introduced when a few become so synonymous with destruction ...
When a storm is particularly powerful, destructive or deadly, the name is “retired” from the rotating list, meaning it will ...
There were nearly 20 named storms associated with 2024's hurricane season - including Helene. Meteorologists say this year's season could be similar.
Beryl was the earliest Category 5 hurricane on ... The WMO uses 21 letters for storm names. The letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are not used. Of the 21 letters that are used, only V has not had at ...
Other hurricanes, including Milton and Beryl, caused major damages in other ... However, no names are chosen for letters Q, U, X, Y and Z due to the lack of names beginning with those letters.
Tropical tracker: Timeline of storms in the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Beryl was the earliest Category ... The WMO uses 21 letters for storm names. The letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are not used.