US forecasters run out of hurricane names

By Angie Wang and Jay Reeves
Updated September 19 2020 - 5:11am, first published 5:08am
A satellite image shows five tropical cyclones churning in the Atlantic basin on September 14.
A satellite image shows five tropical cyclones churning in the Atlantic basin on September 14.

US forecasters have ran out of traditional names for storms, forcing them to begin using the Greek alphabet for only the second time since the 1950s, with more than two months left in the record-shattering hurricane season.

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