As far as the 2020 season’s timeline, however, it far surpassed 2005’s when the Greek Alphabet first kicked in on October 22, 2005 for Alpha. Beta then formed October 27, 2005.

The World Health Organization was following the Greek alphabet to the letter to label COVID variants. One rep tells KHOU 11's VERIFY team why they skipped Nu and Xi. Skip Navigation ...

ATLANTA — The World Meteorological Organization announced this past week that they will no longer use the Greek alphabet as a supplemental tropical cyclone list of names, citing confusion around ...

Although Hurricane Delta is the strongest storm ever named for a Greek letter, it is unlikely to cause anything like damage of Hurricane Laura, which was a much stronger category 4 storm.

For just the 2nd time in history, the Greek alphabet is needed to name storms. The only other time this occurred was during the historic 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.

According to the Greek alphabet, the World Health Organization was expected to name the latest Covid-19 variant “Nu” or “Xi.” But both names were seen as problematic.

It's likely we'll cross off one or more additional Greek alphabet names this year. An average season has produced three more named storms from early October through November, based on National ...

The Covid-19 variant that emerged in South Africa was named after the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet. The naming system, announced by the World Health Organization in May, ...

Location of Zagora on the island of Andros. Credit: Rudolph Alagich et al. / Antiquity . This groundbreaking finding not only explains the substantial population growth observed during this time but ...

The WHO has followed the Greek alphabet when labeling certain variants of the coronavirus. But the newest variant is named omicron, skipping two letters.

A timeline of naming hurricanes Pre-1900s ... In the event that a season is exceptionally busy and there are more than 21 named storms in a season the Greek alphabet will be used.