They are now maintained and updated by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The original name lists featured only women's names. In , men's names were introduced and they alternate with the women's names.
Six lists are used in rotation. Thus, the list will be used again in The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity. If that occurs, then at an annual meeting by the WMO Tropical Cyclone Committees called primarily to discuss many other issues the offending name is stricken from the list and another name is selected to replace it.
There are five tropical cyclone regional bodies, i. For instance, Hurricane Committee determines a pre-designated list of hurricane names for six years separately at its annual session. Naming procedures in other regions are almost the same as in the Caribbean. In some of the regions, the lists are established by alphabetical order of the names. In other regions, the lists are established following the alphabetical order of the country names - please see "Tropical Cyclone Names Worldwide" below for more details.
In general, tropical cyclones are named according to the rules at a regional level. The names selected are those that are familiar to the people in each region. The list of hurricane names covers only 21 letters of the alphabet as it is difficult to find six suitable names one for each of the 6 rotating lists starting with Q, U, X, Y and Z.
In the interests of safety, the name must be instantly recognizable. In addition, English, French and Spanish names are used in balance on the list in order to reflect the geographical coverage of Atlantic and Caribbean storms.
The list is also gender balanced and respectful of societal sensitivities. Until , when a very active hurricane season occurred and the list was exhausted, the Greek alphabet was used Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, etc. This has occurred twice. The first time was in - a record-breaking year with several devastating hurricanes including Katrina, Rita and Wilma, whose names were all retired - when six names from the Greek alphabet were used.
The second was in - a new-record breaking year with 30 named tropical storms of which nine names from the Greek alphabet, including the devastating hurricanes Eta and Iota. Starting , in lieu of the Greek alphabet, the lists of supplemental tropical cyclones names will be used. A name can be retired or withdrawn from the active list at the request of any Member State if a tropical cyclone by that name acquires special notoriety because of the human casualties and damage incurred.
The decision to withdraw or retire a name is reached by consensus or majority vote during the WMO Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee session that immediately follows the season in question.
The WMO Regional Association IV Hurricane Committee annual session in discussed the use of the Greek alphabet for hurricane naming, and whether a Greek alphabet name should be retired as done for a regular name when it meets the criteria for retirement.
The Committee felt that the use of the Greek alphabet was not expected to be frequent enough to warrant any change in the existing naming procedure for the foreseeable future and therefore decided that the naming system would remain unchanged and that the Greek alphabet would continue to be used. The only time that there is a change is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate.
In the event that more than twenty-one named tropical cyclones occur in a season, a supplemental list of names are used. For a complete list of upcoming and retired storm names, visit the National Weather Service website.
Those looking at artificial grass may like it for its aesthetics and low maintenance, although others may prefer the natural environment that real grass brings. Image: Getty. The Bureau of Meterology is responsible for naming storms in Australia and maintains a list of names that are worked through alphabetically.
If a storm forms in a neighbouring country, say, Fiji or Indonesia, the name will be chosen by that adjacent region and continued to be used in Australia. Cyclone Oma in , is just one example of a cyclone that began in Fiji before hitting Australia. Names from the list are recycled, but when a storm hits the mainland, that name is usually retired. So, it could be a few decades until you hear your name wreaking havoc. Are you covered in the event of storms? The information provided is general advice only.
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