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What happens if you run out of names for hurricanes? The Greek Alphabet after the W name (Wilfred for 2020)

[Update for 2021 and beyond]: Before 2021, the Greek alphabet is used, since 2021, the World Meteorological Organization provides an alternate list. Why did they do this? Probably to give someone some work to do and give the WMO more of a purpose.

Atlantic alternate list:

Adria
Braylen
Caridad
Deshawn
Emery
Foster
Gemma
Heath
Isla
Jacobus
Kenzie
Lucio
Makayla
Nolan
Orlanda
Pax
Ronin
Sophie
Tayshaun
Viviana
Will

Pacific alternate list:

Aidan
Bruna
Carmelo
Daniella
Esteban
Flor
Gerardo
Hedda
Izzy
Jacinta
Kenito
Luna
Marina
Nancy
Ovidio
Pia
Rey
Skylar
Teo
Violeta
Wilfredo
Xinia
Yariel
Zoe

The old routine was the Greek alphabet:

This has happened once before, in 2005 – the first 6 letters were used.
It will go to the Greek alphabet, so Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu, Xi, Omicron, Pi, Rho, Sigma, Tau, Upsilon, Phi, Chi, Psi, Omega.

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