Officials said they left people confused. By Michael Levenson There will be no Hurricane Pi, Rho, Sigma or Tau. The Greek alphabet has been retired as a way of identifying tropical storms ...

The first true alphabet was an invention of the Greek world, revolutionizing writing, literacy, and shaping foundations of ...

“The Greek alphabet will not be used in future because ... The issue here was that there was no formal plan for retiring Greek names, but the committee realized that any future use of the ...

The organization’s Hurricane Committee announced Wednesday the Greek alphabet will no longer be used to name tropical cyclones. The Greek alphabet was used whenever the annual list of tropical ...

The Latin alphabet is the most recognizable form of written language, whose history goes back to the eras of ancient Greek ...

The entire Greek alphabet was banned from hurricane name ... The names alternate between male and female. There are no Q, U, X, Y or Z names because of the lack of usable names that begin with ...

In previous years, the Greek alphabet was used, but due to confusion between Greek letters, the WMO switched methods in 2021.

μονός [monos], single τόνος [tonos], accent Some letters of the Greek alphabet are identical to Latin ones though some of them sound different: B [v], Η [ee], Ι [ee], Ρ [r], Υ [ee ...

The organization’s Hurricane Committee announced Wednesday that the Greek alphabet will no longer be used to name tropical cyclones. The Greek alphabet was used whenever the annual list of ...