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The Greek alphabet, traditionally believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing reevaluation thanks to groundbreaking research at Leiden University. The writing system is ...

The organization’s Hurricane Committee announced Wednesday the Greek alphabet will no longer be used to name tropical cyclones. The Greek alphabet was used whenever the annual list of tropical ...

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has already crossed more than two dozen names off its original list and has moved into the Greek alphabet for only the second time in history. Multiple storms ...

Something else that will never be used again: The Greek alphabet as a backup list for when all the names on the annual storm naming list are used. “The Greek alphabet will not be used in future ...

By Michael Levenson There will be no Hurricane Pi, Rho, Sigma or Tau. The Greek alphabet has been retired as a way of identifying tropical storms, the World Meteorological Organization said on ...

“The Greek alphabet will never be used again as it was distracting and confusing,” the WMO tweeted. The WMO also retired the names of three especially devastating hurricanes from the 2020 ...

Here are the list of names that will be used: The Greek alphabet has been retired from future tropical storms and hurricane names. Starting this year, the Greek alphabet will no longer be used if ...

Since May the World Health Organization has been using letters of the Greek alphabet, in order, to name coronavirus variants. Delta was the most dominant one, followed by eight others ...

The entire Greek alphabet was banned from hurricane name usage after the record 2020 season. The names on this list range from common names to foreign names to hard-to-pronounce monikers Having ...