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Hurricane Season

It’s Hurricane season again.

For every year, there is a pre-approved list of names for tropical storms and hurricanes. These lists have been generated by the National Hurricane Center since 1953.

At first, the lists consisted of only female names; however, since 1979, the lists alternate between male and female.

Hurricanes are named alphabetically from the list in chronological order.
The lists contain names that begin from A to W, but exclude names that begin with a “Q” or “U.”

There are six lists that continue to rotate.
The lists only change when there is a hurricane that is so devastating, the name is retired and another name replaces it.

I hope we don’t use up too many of those names this hurricane season!