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How Are Hurricanes Named?
As Irene bears down, wonder how hurricanes get their names? Irene gets its name from the list for 2011 are managed by the World Meteorological Organization. Irene will return in 2017.
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Hurricane names are managed by a committee at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which recycles six alphabetized list of names on rotation every six years.
The complete list of 2011 Atlantic Hurricane names is as follows:
- Arlene
- Bret
- Cindy
- Don
- Emily
- Franklin
- Gert
- Harvey
- Irene
- Jose
- Katia
- Lee
- Maria
- Nate
- Ophelia
- Philippe
- Rina
- Sean
- Tammy
- Vince
- Whitney
The 2011 list will be recycled in 2017. The lists for 2012-2016 are below.
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