Nowadays, they are usually identified by assigned numbers, but also by their Asian names. Typhoon No. 10, which has its “eye” wide open off Amami-Oshima island, is called Shanshan, which is ...
Hurricanes began getting names in 1950, when the U.S. Weather Bureau began using the phonetic alphabet (Able-Baker-Charlie). The storm with the most appearances so far is Arlene, which has ...