Hurricanes began getting names in 1950, when the U.S. Weather Bureau began using the phonetic alphabet (Able-Baker-Charlie). The storm with the most appearances so far is Arlene, which has ...

Video above: Why do so many ‘infamous’ hurricanes have ‘I’ names? TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With nearly two months to go until the ...

“In general, we think of it as very independent of what a storm name did or acted in the past,” he said Tuesday. Shigesato added that he could see how the hurricane naming system, which is ...

Maria and Nate will no longer be used as hurricane names. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday that the names have been retired and will be replaced with Harold ...

WASHINGTON: Hurricanes with feminine names are likely to cause more deaths ... At least 11 dead in Florida but Hurricane Milton not as bad as feared "In judging the intensity of a storm, people ...

So why do we call one a hurricane and the other a typhoon? And while we're at it - what exactly is a cyclone? They are all the same thing: tropical storms. But they are known by different names in ...

As it turned out, seven total hurricane names from the 1954 and 1955 hurricane seasons were so damaging or deadly that their names were retired from future use. The final (28th) storm of the ...