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While tropical weather can produce extremely powerful hurricane
force winds and torrential rain, they are also able to produce high waves and damaging storm surge as well as spawning tornadoes. They develop over large bodies of warm water, and lose their strength if they move over land due to increased surface friction and loss of the warm ocean as an energy source. This is why coastal regions can receive significant damage from a tropical
storm, while inland regions are relatively safe from receiving strong winds. Heavy rains, however, can produce significant flooding inland, and storm surges can produce extensive coastal flooding up to 40 kilometers (25 mi) from the coastline. Although their effects on human populations can be devastating,
hurricanes can also relieve drought conditions. They also carry heat and energy away from the tropics and transport it toward temperate latitudes, which makes them an important part of the global atmospheric circulation mechanism. As a result, tropical
storms help to maintain equilibrium in the Earth's troposphere, and to maintain a relatively stable and warm temperature worldwide
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Tropical Storm Names
Atlantic
Name
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2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
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Andrea |
Arthur |
Ana |
Alex |
Arlene |
Alberto |
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Barry |
Bertha |
Bill |
Bonnie |
Bret |
Beryl |
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Chantal |
Cristobal |
Claudette |
Colin |
Cindy |
Chris |
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Dean |
Dolly |
Danny |
Danielle |
Don |
Debby |
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Erin |
Edouard |
Erika |
Earl |
Emily |
Ernesto |
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Felix |
Fay |
Fred |
Frances |
Franklin |
Florence |
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Gabielle |
Gustav |
Grace |
Gaston |
Gert |
Gordon |
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Humberto |
Hanna |
Henri |
Hermine |
Harvey |
Helene |
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Ingrid |
Ike |
Ida |
Igor |
Irene |
Isaac |
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Jerry |
Josephine |
Joaquin |
Julia |
Jose |
Joyce |
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Karen |
Kyle |
Kate |
Karl |
Katia |
Kirk |
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Lorenzo |
Laura |
Larry |
Lisa |
Lee |
Leslie |
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Melissa |
Marco |
Mindy |
Matthew |
Maria |
Michael |
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Noel |
Nana |
Nicholas |
Nicole |
Nate |
Nadine |
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Olga |
Omar |
Odette |
Otto |
Ophelia |
Oscar |
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Pablo |
Paloma |
Peter |
Paula |
Philippe |
Patty |
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Rebekah |
Rene |
Rose |
Richard |
Rina |
Rafael |
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Sebastien |
Sally |
Sam |
Shary |
Sean |
Sandy |
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Tanya |
Teddy |
Teresa |
Tomas |
Tammy |
Tony |
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Van |
Vicky |
Victor |
Virginie |
Vince |
Valerie |
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Wendy |
Wilfred |
Wanda |
Walter |
Whitney |
William |
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In the event that more than 21 named tropical cyclones occur in the Atlantic basin in a season, additional storms will take names from the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on. |
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Eastern
North
Pacific
Names
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2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
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Alvin |
Alma |
Andres |
Agatha |
Adrian |
Aletta |
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Barbara |
Boris |
Blanca |
Blas |
Beatriz |
Bud |
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Cosme |
Cristina |
Carlos |
Celia |
Calvin |
Carlotta |
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Dalila |
Douglas |
Dolores |
Darby |
Dora |
Daniel |
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Erick |
Elida |
Enrique |
Estelle |
Eugene |
Emilia |
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Flossie |
Fausto |
Felicia |
Frank |
Fernanda |
Fabio |
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Gil |
Genevieve |
Guillermo |
Georgette |
Greg |
Gilma |
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Henriette |
Hernan |
Hilda |
Howard |
Hilary |
Hector |
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Ivo |
Iselle |
Ignacio |
Isis |
Irwin |
Ileana |
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Juliette |
Julio |
Jimena |
Javier |
Jova |
John |
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Kiko |
Karina |
Kevin |
Kay |
Kenneth |
Kristy |
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Lorena |
Lowell |
Linda |
Lester |
Lidia |
Lane |
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Manuel |
Marie |
Marty |
Madeline |
Max |
Miriam |
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Narda |
Norbert |
Nora |
Newton |
Norma |
Norman |
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Octave |
Odile |
Olaf |
Orlene |
Otis |
Olivia |
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Priscilla |
Polo |
Patricia |
Paine |
Pilar |
Paul |
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Raymond |
Rachel |
Rick |
Roslyn |
Ramon |
Rosa |
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Sonia |
Simon |
Sandra |
Seymour |
Selma |
Sergio |
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Tico |
Trudy |
Terry |
Tina |
Todd |
Tara |
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Velma |
Vance |
Vivian |
Virgil |
Veronica |
Vicente |
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Wallis |
Winnie |
Waldo |
Winifred |
Wiley |
Willa |
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Xina |
Xavier |
Xina |
Xavier |
Xina |
Xavier |
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York |
Yolanda |
York |
Yolanda |
York |
Yolanda |
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Zelda |
Zeke |
Zelda |
Zeke |
Zelda |
Zeke |
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The tropical cyclone data presented at this site are
intended to convey only general information on current storms and must not
be used to make life or death decisions or decisions relating to the
protection of property: the data
may not be accurate.
If you are in the path of a storm you should be listening to official
information sources.
These Weather Forecasts have no official status and should not be used for emergency response
decision making under any circumstances.
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