Starting this year, an alternative list of people’s names – starting with Adria, Braylen and Caridad – will be used instead of the Greek alphabet if the regular list is exhausted.

If this year is anything like last season, there could be more storms than the list of 21 names. Unlike last season, any additional storms will not use the Greek alphabet.

2020 was only the second year on record in which the full list of initial names was exhausted and the Greek alphabet was needed. They were also used during 2005's Atlantic hurricane season.

Greek alphabet retired for hurricane names; ‘Isaias’ still available by: T.J. Del Santo Posted: Mar 17, 2021 / 04:10 PM EDT Updated: Mar 17, 2021 / 06:21 PM EDT ...

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That Greek alphabet name would then continue to be available for any other times the backup list is used in the future. Three of the six Greek alphabet names used in 2005 impacted land areas of ...