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Greek alphabet now in use as extremely active hurricane season depletes names

For the second time in the history, the National Hurricane Center is using the Greek alphabet to name new cyclones during this year’s record-breaking hurricane season. Subtropical Storm Alpha, the ...
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Greek alphabet no longer used to name tropical systems, hurricane committee says

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The World Meteorological Organization has decided to make some major changes when it comes to naming tropical cyclones during hurricane season. The organization’s Hurricane ...
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Greek alphabet will no longer be used when naming hurricanes

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Early on, NOAA’s forecast for ...
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From Alpha to Omicron...Why do we use ancient Greek alphabet to name Covid-19 variants? And SBS Omicron latest in Australia and around the world (English)

From Alpha to Omicron...Why do we use ancient Greek alphabet to name Covid-19 variants? And SBS Omicron latest in Australia and around the world (English) It's an ancient alphabet having a modern ...
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Greek alphabet banned after names confused people; Four hurricane names retired

The Greek alphabet has only been used twice in the 70 years since hurricanes were given names, but it was retired forever this week after the World Meteorological Organization said it was too ...
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Retiring 2020 hurricane names and the Greek alphabet

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10/WFLA) — The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was one for the record books with 30 named storms, the most ever. There 13 were hurricanes, five of which were major hurricanes ...