Hurricane names: Here’s why Agatha will become Alex if the storm redevelops
If the remnants of Hurricane Agatha re-form in the Atlantic, the storm’s name will be changed to Alex.
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This is because Agatha is a name on the Eastern Pacific list. The storm originally developed in the Eastern North Pacific basin.
Alex is the first name on the Atlantic basin’s list.
The National Hurricane Center has lists of names for the Atlantic, Eastern North Pacific and Central North Pacific basins.
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The NHC said the lists are recycled every six years. The 2022 list will be used again in 2028.
See this year’s list below.
Atlantic names
Alex
Bonnie
Colin
Danielle
Earl
Fiona
Gaston
Hermine
Ian
Julia
Karl
Lisa
Martin
Nicole
Owen
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tobias
Virginie
Walter
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Eastern North Pacific names
Agatha
Blas
Celia
Darby
Estelle
Frank
Georgette
Howard
Ivette
Javier
Kay
Lester
Madeline
Newton
Orlene
Paine
Roslyn
Seymour
Tina
Virgil
Winifred
Xavier
Yolanda
Zeke
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Central North Pacific names
Akoni
Ema
Hone
Iona
Keli
Lala
Moke
Nolo
Olana
Pena
Ulana
Wale
Click here to see the future list of names used by the National Hurricane Center.
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