Ever wondered how and whom decides which tropical cyclones names get retired from the list? The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) hurricane committee announced today it will no longer use the name Ingrid for future tropical cyclones in the Atlantic, and the name Manuel in the eastern North Pacific, because of the death and destruction both storms caused in Mexico in September 2013. The photo shows the vote taking place by the committee. It was followed by another vote to replace Ingrid with “Imelda” and Manuel with “Mario” when the 2013 lists are reused in 2019. For more information, go to: noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2014/20140410_hurricanenameretired.html
Posted on: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:48:02 +0000
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