Elisa T Courtney The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recently released a list of 169 names of future tropical cyclones that would emerge in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. Neil In this connection, the Committee also agreed that it was not practical to “retire into hurricane history” a letter in the Greek alphabet.

Hibaru Budget deliberations in Congress for the health department's coronavirus response in 2021 showed that the agency's set P2.5 billion for vaccines will not be enough to cover the 20 million Filipinos President Duterte vowed to have vaccinated. Judy J The countries take turns to name the cyclones. Kate Flamboyan Murjan [6][8], Within the Australian Region there are five different offices that assign names to tropical cyclones. Greek names, unlike the names in the regular lists, cannot be retired. Explained: Does BSP hold any influence in Bihar? PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility, and any tropical cyclone that moves into their area of responsibility. Tau Jenna

The list is also gender balanced and respectful of societal sensitivities. Before the end of the 1900's, forecasters started using male names for those forming in the Southern Hemisphere. Nat (if none of them are retired). B Ellie

Solo Tasha * The names of tropical cyclones over the north Indian Ocean will not be repeated.

Billy Jo The names are pre-decided and the list is shared.

However, the request has to be submitted to the Bureau of Meteorology in writing and if it does get accepted, it'll take more than a decade before it's used. Cyclone Kyarr, which originated in the east central Arabian Sea, was named even before it was formed. The WMO/ESCAP expanded to include five more countries in 2018 — Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Zane, Alessia The practice of naming storms (tropical cyclones) began years ago in order to help in the quick identification of storms in warning messages because names are presumed to be far easier to remember than numbers and technical terms. AS CYCLONE Debbie blows in from the 1970s, when the name peaked in popularity, she brings with her, as every cyclone does, a passing thought to many of us.
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This November 28, 2019 image of Typhoon Kammuri (later given a local name "Tisoy) en route to the Philippines. In other regions, the lists are established following the alphabetical order of the country names - please see "Tropical Cyclone Names Worldwide" below for more details. Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms have been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center.

The joint statement said there would be no limit on what type of travel will be allowed between Hong Kong and Singapore, meaning tourists will be as welcome as business travellers. Generally once storms produce sustained wind speeds of more than 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph), names are assigned in order from predetermined lists depending on which basin they originate. In some of the regions, the lists are established by alphabetical order of the names.

Jakarta Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre's Area of Responsibility. Esther Bakung After Amphan, the names to be used will be taken from the list below, starting with Nisarga, then Gati, Nivar, etc. Wali, Ana

Victor The powerful cyclone pummelled Visayas and parts of Luzon over Christmas, killing at least 50 people, making it the country’s deadliest storm of 2019. Lin