Palm Beach Post

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 ...
WTEN

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 ...
wqad

Greek alphabet will never be used again for tropical storm naming

After a record-breaking hurricane season in 2020, meteorologists and researchers around the world are figuring out ways to make future seasons better communicated to the public. Tropical storms are ...
WGNO

Greek alphabet will no longer be used when naming hurricanes

Early on, NOAA’s forecast for August-November being “extremely active” months came to fruition, given every name on the 2020 Atlantic Names List was used before October, causing the Greek alphabet to ...
The Daily Advertiser

Can hurricane names from the Greek alphabet be retired? Kind of.

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 ...