WMO Hurricane Committee Retires Tropical Cyclone Names And Ends The Use Of Greek Alphabet
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World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 17 March 2021 – The World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee has retired Dorian (2019) and Laura, Eta and Iota (2020) from the rotating lists of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction they caused. It also decided that the Greek alphabet will not be used in future because it creates a distraction from the communication of hazard and storm warnings and is potentially confusing.
The Hurricane Committee, which serves North America, Central America and the Caribbean (WMO Regional Association IV), agreed to the changes in its naming convention at its virtual session from March 15-17 . The meeting reviewed the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic season and fine-tuned preparations for 2021, including the provision of forecasts and warnings, as well as impact assessments, for wind, storm surge and fl
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WMO Hurricane Committee retires tropical cyclone names and ends use of Greek alphabet
Geneva, 17 March 2021 – The World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee has retired Dorian (2019) and Laura, Eta and Iota (2020) from the rotating lists of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction they caused. It also decided that the Greek alphabet will not be used in future because it creates a distraction from the communication of hazard and storm warnings and is potentially confusing.
The Hurricane Committee, which serves North America, Central America and the Caribbean (WMO Regional Association IV), agreed to the changes in its naming convention at its virtual session from 15 to 17 March. The meeting reviewed the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic season and fine-tuned preparations for 2021, including the provision of forecasts and warnings, as well as impact assessments, for wind, storm surge and flooding hazards.
WMO’s Hurricane Committee Announces It Will No Longer Use Greek Alphabet
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee has announced it will no longer use the Greek alphabet and is retiring three 2020 names from the rotating list.
When it comes to the Atlantic hurricane season, the 2020 season was a record-breaking one with 30 named storms, 12 of which made U.S. landfalls. This shattered the 1916 record of nine U.S. landfalling storms in one season.
Also, this past hurricane season was not just an active one, it gave itself a quick head start with a record of nine named storms developing between May and July.
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Here are the newly-retired hurricane names for the 2020, 2019 seasons
Greek alphabet no longer to be used in the event regular season names exhausted
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Wednesday, members of the World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee reviewed the record-breaking 2020 hurricane season to discuss which names would be retired among other items.
In any given season, if a storm creates so much damage or loss of life that it would be inappropriate to reuse for reasons of sensitivity, the World Meteorological Organization will retire that storm’s name. Think Andrew, Katrina, Ivan, Irma, Maria, etc. Atlantic storm names run on a six-year, revolving cycle. The storm names seen in 2020 will come around in 2026 unless they are retired.