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 ...

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 ...

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 Atlantic tropical storm count for 2020 may outnumber the list of 21 names used to identify systems - something that's happened only one other time in history.

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.

A supplemental list of names is available if the initial list is exhausted, replacing the previously used Greek alphabet. The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season started this month; thankfully, it was off ...

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 ...

The entire Greek alphabet was banned from hurricane name usage after the record 2020 season. The names on this list range from common names to foreign names to hard-to-pronounce monikers Having ...