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Running out of names
Ending the use of Greek letters for hurricanes
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In the future, don’t expect to hear about tropical storms named Alpha, Eta or Zeta. The World Meteorological Organization decided Wednesday to end the use of Greek letters when the Atlantic hurricane season runs out of alphabetized given names. For 2021 there are 21 given names for the Atlantic, starting with Ana, Bill and Claudette and ending with Wanda.