The Greek alphabet will be replaced by a supplemental list of names using the same rules as the main Atlantic hurricane season naming list — a list of names A-Z but excluding the letters Q, U, X ...

But the Greek alphabet also has letters that look familiar but sound different – P makes an R sound. Then there are letters that are unrecognizable, such as psi – shaped like a little pitchfork.

But the Greek alphabet also has letters that look familiar but sound different — P makes an R sound. Then there are letters that are unrecognizable, such as psi — shaped like a little pitchfork.

The Greek alphabet has been retired as a way of identifying tropical storms, ... Greek letters had been used to name storms only once before, in 2005, ...

Some meteorologists think a list of “extra” names should be used instead of Greek letters to deal with storms that need to be retired.

After a new variant with the unwieldy scientific name of B.1.1.529 was discovered last week in South Africa, observers might have expected WHO to name it after the next Greek letter on the list: Nu.

Rather, a WHO expert panel recommends using Greek alphabet letters to refer to variants, “which will be easier and more practical to discussed by non-scientific audiences,” WHO says on a new ...

According to the Greek alphabet, the World Health Organization was expected to name the latest Covid-19 variant “Nu” or “Xi.” But both names were seen as problematic.

The Greek alphabet will be replaced by a supplemental list of names using the same rules as the main Atlantic hurricane season naming list — a list of names A-Z but excluding the letters Q, U, X ...