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The World Meteorological Organization says Atlantic hurricane names go through a six-year cycle. For example, 2024's hurricane names start with Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby and Ernesto. In 2030 ...
Before 1953, tropical storms and hurricanes were tracked by year and the order in which they occurred during that year, not by names. At first, the United States only used female names for storms.
List of natural disasters by death toll. Global multihazard mortality risks and distribution (2005) for cyclones, drought, earthquakes, floods, landslides, and volcanoes (excluding heat waves, snowstorms, and other deadly hazards). A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage, or loss of life ...
Tropical cyclones. The practice of using names to identify tropical cyclones goes back several centuries, with storms named after places, saints or things they hit before the formal start of naming in each basin. Examples of such names are the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane (also known as the "San Felipe II" hurricane) and the 1938 New England ...
Starting in 1979, the WMO began assigning both male and female names to tropical cyclones. [2] This decade featured hurricanes David and Frederic, the first male Atlantic hurricane names to be retired. During this decade, 9 storms were deemed significant enough to have their names retired.
The following is a summary list of earthquakes with over approximately 100,000 deaths. [1] The 893 Ardabil earthquake probably relate to the 893 Dvin earthquake, due to misreading of the Arabic word for Dvin, 'Dabil' as 'Ardabil'. [2] This is regarded as a 'fake earthquake'. [3]
The original WMO policy of naming storms with Greek letters stated that if a storm was destructive enough to warrant retirement of the name, the Greek letter would be used again, but the name, with the year after it, would be included in the list of retired names; for example, "Alpha (2005)" would be listed under retired names, but Alpha could ...
List of storms named Mary. The name Mary has been used for nine tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean. Typhoon Mary (1952) (T5211, 10W) Typhoon Mary (1956) (T5620, 20W) Typhoon Mary (1960) (T6003, 10W), caused a significant amount of damage in Hong Kong and China. Tropical Storm Mary (1962) (T6229)