Greek letter hurricanes are no more

Published March 17, 2021 7:17pm ET



Hurricanes will no longer be named after letters from the Greek alphabet.

The Hurricane Committee of the World Meteorological Organization, the weather agency of the United Nations, announced on Wednesday that “the Greek alphabet will not be used in future because it creates a distraction from the communication of hazard and storm warnings and is potentially confusing.”

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