Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms had been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated through the World Meteorological Organization.
Six lists are used in rotation and re-cycled every six years; the 2021 list will be used again in 2027. The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that its use for a different storm would be insensitive. If that occurs, a WMO committee strikes the offending name and selects another to replace it. Several names have been retired since the lists were created.
The 2021 list is:
Ana
Bill
Claudette
Danny
Elsa
Fred
Grace
Henri
Ida
Julian
Kate
Larry
Mindy
Nicholas
Odette
Peter
Rose
Sam
Teresa
Victor
Wanda
Source: NOAA
Mary Landers is the environment and health reporter at the Savannah Morning News. Contact her at 912-655-8295. Twitter: @MaryLandersSMN
This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Here are the names of the 2021 Atlantic hurricanes
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