Each year the World Meteorological Organization releases a list of names for Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes. The names are recycled every six years unless a storm is particularly devastating, when the name may be retired, like Hurricane Katrina. If a hurricane season is particularly active and more than 21 storms form, the additional storms are either named after letters in the Greek alphabet or chosen from an alternate list.
This year’s names are:
Alex
Bonnie
Colin
Danielle
Earl
Fiona
Gaston
Hermine
Ian
Julia
Karl
Lisa
Martin
Nicole
Owen
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tobias
Virginie
Walter
