Greek alphabet will no longer be used to name tropical ... The committee also pointed out the pronunciation of several Greek letters are similar and caused messaging challenges in 2020 ...

The pronunciation of several of the Greek letters (Zeta, Eta, ... The Greek alphabet will be replaced by a supplemental list of names using the same rules as the main Atlantic hurricane season ...

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 ...

The 2020 hurricane season was not only the most active season on record, it was just the second time ever we exhausted the list of pre-planned hurricane names and spilled over into the Greek Alphabet.

This week, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) retired the use of the Greek alphabet going forward as well as few storm names from the 2020 season. The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season names WMO ...

Storm Naming Changes. Going forward, the WMO has decided the Greek alphabet will no longer be used to supplement the 21 original names on both the Atlantic names list and Pacific names list.

The pronunciation of several Greek letters (Zeta, Eta, Theta) is similar. It can be confusing when storms with similar sounding names occurring simultaneously. There can also be confusion when ...

There was also some confusion in the pronunciation and translation of some of these names. In lieu of using the Greek Alphabet, the organization has created a supplemental list of names that will ...

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season finished with 30 total named storms — the most in any year on record — but three of those names will never be used again.