The World Meteorological Organization's Hurricane Committee said it would retire Dorian, Laura and letters of the Greek alphabet including Eta and Iota from the rotating list of tropical cyclone ...

With the historic peak of the Atlantic hurricane season right around the corner, it's looking more likely forecasters will run out of traditional storm names.

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 ...

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 ...

Subtropical Storm Alpha has formed in the Atlantic, marking only the second time in history we have gone through the entire English alphabet and needed to start using Greek letters.

Laura and Dorian were such destructive hurricanes over the past two hurricane seasons that they will no longer be used to name future Atlantic tropical storms or hurricanes. The decision to retire ...