The latest name assigned to a tropical storm – Flossie – in the Eastern Pacific prompted more than a few raised eyebrows and ...

Hurricane names are not chosen randomly. Behind each designation lies a precise procedure managed on a global scale. This ...

When it comes to naming a hurricane, not every name has what it takes. Could a hurricane ever be named Mortimer, Nixon or Helene?

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be above average, with multiple organizations forecasting a significant number of named storms and hurricanes. The World Meteorological Organization ...

Who names tropical storms and hurricanes, and why? Before the 1950s, hurricanes were named by the year, order, and location where they happened each season. For example, Hurricane Santa Ana ...

Only traditionally female names were used until 1979, when the Atlantic list started including both male and female names, according to the National Hurricane Center.

News The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season starts Sunday. What are the storm names? This year starts with a female name, and next year will begin with a male name.

What We Know About Why Hurricanes Have Names Some credit 19th-century Australian meteorologist Clement L. Wragge for initiating the hurricane-naming process.

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is just over a month away, and there is a list of new names to familiarize yourself with. This year will follow up on a busy 2024 season where there were five ...

Hurricane Dorian was a deadly 2019 storm, and the only name retired from that year's list, replaced by Dexter for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. (Handout/NASA) ...

U.S. weather officials have been giving hurricanes human names since the 1940s, but the original naming system drew the anger of activists.

The World Meteorological Organization maintains a list of 21 hurricane names for each year. In especially busy years, a ...