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For hundreds of years, hurricanes in the West Indies were named after the particular saint's day on which the hurricane occurred. An Australian meteorologist began giving women's names to tropical storms before the end of the 19th century. ... Atlantic Hurricane Names...
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www.fema.gov/kids/hunames.htm
www.fema.gov/kids/hunames.htm
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 ... 2002 - 2006 Hurricane Names ... National Hurricane Cente...
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www.fema.gov/kids/hunames2.htm
www.fema.gov/kids/hunames2.htm
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Several names have been changed since the lists were created. For example, on the 2007 list (which will be used again in 2013), Dorian has replaced Dean, Fernand has replaced Felix, and Nestor has replaced Noel. Here is more information about retired hurricane names.
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www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml
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Below is a list of retired names for the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. There are, however, a great number of destructive storms not included on this list because they occurred before the hurricane naming convention was established in 1950.
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www.nhc.noaa.gov/retirednames.shtml
www.nhc.noaa.gov/retirednames.shtml
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Often when an unusually destructive hurricane hits, that hurricane's name is retired and never used again. Since 1954, forty names have been retired. In 1996 Hurricane Luis was retired. Is your name among the currently used or retired hurricane names?
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kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/names.html
kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/names.html
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 ... Andrea Arthur Ana Alex Arlene Alberto ... Names are recycled every 6 years. Influential hurricanes have their names retired:
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weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/atl_names.html
weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atlantic/atl_names.html
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Here are the hurricane names to be used through the year 2012 in the Atlantic basin: ... Learn more about hurricane names from the National Hurricane Center...
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www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-hc-name...
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-hc-names,0,7744004.story
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