The 15th letter of the Greek alphabet had been a fairly innocuous entity for 2,500 years. But in just two weeks, it became notorious. Omicron moved beyond classical philosophy texts, beyond the ...

The WMO Hurricane Committee agreed that the Greek alphabet will no longer be used to name tropical cyclones. Instead, there is a new supplemental list in case regular names are exhausted ...

Capital Weather Gang Running out of hurricane names, we’ll soon switch to the Greek alphabet. That could present a problem. Some meteorologists think a list of ‘extra’ names should be used ...

The Greek alphabet is a millennia-spanning marvel that didn’t necessarily need this boost in visibility. But the world is now getting a lesson in Greek, one unpleasant coronavirus variant at a time.

The World Meteorological Organization has decided to make some major changes when it comes to naming tropical cyclones during hurricane season.

Archaeologists in Turkey uncovered a set of iron weights shaped like ancient Greek letters, in the ruins of the Greco-Roman ...

The WMO Hurricane Committee, the international group in charge of picking hurricane names, delivered its stance on retiring Greek alphabet names.

Here's what would happen if a storm with a Greek alphabet name was so damaging or deadly that its name needed to be retired.

Ancient Greece is traditionally remembered for its philosophy, mythology, and great buildings—but there's a lesser-known side that hardly finds its way into textbooks. Under the neat image is a world ...

Archaeology breakthrough as Greek alphabet 'centuries older' than previously thought The Greek alphabet, believed to have emerged in the eighth century BC, is now undergoing a major reevaluation ...