If a storm named by a Greek letter causes significant damage or casualties, it would be included in the list of retired names, but the Greek letter would still be available for use in the future ...

If a storm named after a Greek letter would normally qualify for retirement, the system will be noted in the official list of retired names, but that particular Greek letter would be reused in the ...

However, questions were raised about what happens if a Greek letter-named storm needs to be retired or if the entire alphabet is consumed. I previously discussed proposals for using a supplemental ...

Zeta is the 6th letter in the Greek alphabet. Hurricanes began getting names in 1950 based on the phonetic alphabet. That was abandoned in 1953 when hurricanes started being named after women only.

Lastly, two storms with Greek alphabet names were retired, Eta and Iota, and there was no plan in place to retire Greek alphabet names. FILE – In this Nov. 6, 2020 file photo, ...

The World Meteorological Organization made the announcement Wednesday in a tweet. "The Greek alphabet will never be used again as it was distracting and confusing," the organization wrote. The ...

Capital Weather Gang Running out of hurricane names, we’ll soon switch to the Greek alphabet. That could present a problem. Some meteorologists think a list of ‘extra’ names should be used ...

Starting this year, the Greek alphabet will no longer be used if we run beyond 21 named storms. We will go back to the letter "A" with the second set of names. "Adria" and "Braylen" would be ...

ATLANTA — The World Meteorological Organization announced this past week that they will no longer use the Greek alphabet as a supplemental tropical cyclone list of names, citing confusion around ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new naming system for notable variants of virus that causes COVID-19 based on letters of the Greek alphabet. The new names aren’t intended to ...

The new system, which was announced Monday, is based on the letters of the Greek alphabet. The United Kingdom variant, called by scientists B.1.1.7, will now be Alpha.

Covid-19 variants are to be known by letters of the Greek alphabet to avoid stigmatizing nations where they were first detected, the World Health Organization announced Monday. The new system applies ...