The only other time this has happened before was 15 years ago in 2005, when six letters of the Greek alphabet had to be used: Tropical Storm Alpha, Hurricane Beta, Tropical Storm Gamma, Topical ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) made the decision several months ago to name strains of Covid after letters from the Greek alphabet. For example, we currently have the Alpha, Beta and most ...

The Greek alphabet contains 24 letters but there is no plan yet as to where to go next if they are exhausted. Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta and Iota have already been ascribed to variants of interest.

Meteorologists were forced to break out the Greek alphabet Friday to name Atlantic storms for only the second time ever after the 2020 hurricane season blew through their usual list, ending on ...

Get out the Greek alphabet for the rest of 2020: Storms Alpha and Beta have formed. Before them, Wilfred was the earliest "W" storm on record.

Bye-bye Beta: Greek alphabet no longer to be used when hurricane season runs out of names Doyle Rice USA TODAY 0:00 ...

In 2005 there were 27 named storms, and the National Hurricane Center had to use six Greek letters. Zeta was the last-named storm of the active 2005 season, forming on Dec. 30.

Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta: WHO officially names COVID-19 variants of concern By Josh K. Elliott Global News Posted June 1, 2021 10:25 am Updated June 2, 2021 7:44 am ...