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See More. United States Change. Cool animation. The names are chosen from English, French and Spanish since those are the primary languages spoken in the countries impacted by tropical cyclones in the Atlantic basin.
There are no Q, U, X, Y or Z names because of the lack of usable names that begin with those letters. The NHC believes the use of easily remembered names greatly reduces confusion in exchanging detailed storm information among hundreds of widely scattered stations, coastal bases and ships at sea.
The nomenclature also less confusing when two or more tropical storms occur at the same time. For example, one hurricane can be moving slowly westward in the Gulf of Mexico, while at exactly the same time another hurricane can be moving rapidly northward along the Atlantic coast. In the past, confusion and rumors have arisen when storm advisories broadcast from radio stations were mistaken for warnings concerning an entirely different storm located hundreds of miles away. There is a separate list for tropical storms and hurricanes that form in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
In addition, separate lists are kept for typhoons in the western Pacific and tropical cyclones in the Indian Ocean. Several names have been retired since the lists were created, including Andrew, Camille, Hugo and Katrina, just to name a few. If a storm forms during the Atlantic offseason from Dec.
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