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{{B}}Hurricane Names{{/B}}
A hurricane is a
violent ocean storm near the equator/ in the eastern Pacific or Atlantic oceans
in late summer or early autumn./ The same kind of storm is also known by other
names./ Scientists call them cyclones when they happen/ just north or south of
the equator and in the Indian Ocean./ They are called typhoons in the western
Pacific Ocean or the China Sea./
Weather scientists call
hurricanes by names to make clear just which storm they are talking about,/
especially when two or more take place at the same time./ They say using short
names is especially important/ when exchanging storm information among weather
stations and ships at sea./
An Australian weather scientist
began giving women's names to storms/ before the end of the nineteenth century./
Weather scientists used the names of their girlfriends or wives for storms
during World War Ⅱ./ The United States weather service started officially/ using
women's names for storms in nineteen fifty-three./ In nineteen seventy-eight, it
began including men's names as well./
Today, scientists make up
lists of names years in advance./ They agree on them at meetings of the World
Meteorological Organization./ The lists include both American and international
names. /