Due to their long-term persistence, and the need for a unique identifier in issuing forecasts and warnings, tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones are given names according to policy. The following are lists from which these tropical and subtropical cyclone names are derived.

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What happens if we run out of hurricane names?
Q. What happens if we run out of hurricane names?
Asked by rodeogirl23 - Mon Jul 7 21:01:55 2008 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. That happened during the 2005 Hurricane Season, with Katrina. They started using Greek names.
Answered by The Only Logical Solution - Mon Jul 7 21:07:06 2008

who names hurricane one time male name and female name for the next one?
Q. i am sorry to put this question in wrong place but i will not forget to thanks silenus2 for her answer
Asked by essam a - Mon Sep 8 15:32:40 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments

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Answered by Dahlia - Mon Sep 8 15:37:18 2008

how come the recent hurricane names it's going from Ernesto to John?
Q. ...then if there going to be another hurricane its going to F. i thought they go in order of the alphabet how come it going from E to J then back to F again
Asked by minddfloww - Mon Sep 4 13:52:37 2006 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Ernesto was an Atlantic storm. John was Pacific. Separate sets of names are used.
Answered by rhsaunders - Mon Sep 4 13:54:33 2006

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