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In hurricane forecasting, the names come first. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), located in Switzerland, chooses hurricane names several years in advance based on strict criteria. This ...

The names used for hurricanes in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific rotate on a six-year cycle, with new names swapped in for storms that are retired due to their significance. Hurricane season begins ...

Each ocean basin gets a separate list of names to use when identifying tropical storms and hurricanes. Meteorologist Kristen ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Hurricane season will soon be bearing down on us, and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ...

The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on June 1, 2026, but meteorologists already have the list of names they will use to identify this season's tropical storms and hurricanes. Could there ...

The National Hurricane Center explains how storms are named and why meteorologists began naming them in the first place.