Jon Porter is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, online platforms, and mechanical keyboards. The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a ...

The National Hurricane Center — for only the second time ever — has resorted to using the Greek alphabet this hurricane season after running out of traditional names in a year that continues to smash ...

The World Health Organization has created a new system to name COVID-19 variants, getting away from place-based names that can be hard to pronounce, difficult to remember and stigmatizing to a country ...

HOUSTON — The Atlantic hurricane season doesn’t officially end until November 30 and we've already run out of letters for named storms. X, Y and Z aren’t used so Tropical Storm Wilfred was the last ...

Lansing, Mich. (WLNS) – Some hurricane seasons are quiet while others are active. Each year is different, but it is not often that the list of hurricane names runs out. Back in 2005, and now 2020, the ...

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 ...

Sororities and fraternities can keep their Greek letters — hurricanes will no longer use them. The World Meteorological Organization, which maintains the rotating list of hurricane names and retires ...

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 have ...

The Atlantic’s record-breaking “crazy” hurricane season got a bizarre European remake Friday as forecasters ran out of traditional names and trotted out the Greek alphabet for subtropical storm Alpha.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. According to a press release, the Hurricane Committee of the WMO, which features members from national meteorological and ...

Late-season hurricanes will no longer carry baffling Greek names like Zeta and Theta. The Greek alphabet will be dropped as a source of hurricane names for busy seasons like last year’s, when the ...

The Atlantic’s record-breaking “crazy” hurricane season got a bizarre European remake Friday as forecasters ran out of traditional names and trotted out the Greek alphabet for subtropical storm Alpha.