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Hurricane names: Where do they come from and how often are they repeated? What if we run out of hurricane names in 2025? If all 21 names on the list for that year are used, names from a ...

" The list of hurricane names covers only 21 letters of the alphabet as it is difficult to find six suitable names (one for each of the 6 rotating lists) starting with Q, U, X, Y and Z," the WMO said.

The WMO has retired 94 hurricane names in the Atlantic because of a storm’s deadly history and 12 of them started with the letter I. No other letter is even close.

Katrina, Sandy, Andrew — some names are inextricably linked with some of the most devastating hurricanes in recent U.S. history. But how do hurricanes and other tropical storms get their names ...

The World Meteorological Organization maintains six rotating lists of 21 names for Atlantic hurricanes. The 2025 name list has been released. Names can be retired from the lists if the storm causes ...

If a hurricane season is particularly active, there may be more storms than the 21 names on the list. In previous years, the Greek alphabet was used for those storms (e.g. Alpha, Beta, Gamma).

If there are more than 21 named storms in a hurricane season, there is a backup list, which the WMO has had to use only twice, in 2005 and 2020. It used to be made of Greek letters (e.g., alpha ...

Forecasters predicted 2-4 major Atlantic hurricanes for the U.S. in 2019. How are these and other storms named? You probably already know that hurricane names go in alphabetical order throughout ...