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Hurricane Names For The 2009 Hurricane Season
For every year, there is a pre-approved list of names for tropical storms and hurricanes. These lists have been generated by the National Hurricane Centre since 1953. At first, the lists consisted only of female names; however, since 1979, the lists alternate between male and females names.
Hurricanes are named alphabetically from the list in chronological order. Thus the first tropical storm of the year has a name that begins with ‘A’ and the second is given the name that begins with ‘B’. The lists contain names that begin from ‘A’ to ‘W’ but exclude names that begin with a ‘Q’ or ‘U’.
There are six lists that continue to rotate. The lists only change when there is a hurricane that is so devastating, the name is retired and another name replaces it.
THE 2009 HURRICANE NAMES
• Ana
• Bill
• Claudette
• Danny
• Erika
• Grace
• Henri
• Ida
• Joaquin
• Kate
• Larry
• Mindy
• Nicholas
• Odette
• Peter
• Rose
• Sam
• Teresa
• Victor
• Wanda
