"The Greek letters, we don't have to use them much, but we don't need any sort of distraction" from communicating storm warnings, he says. For example, Graham says, with Hurricane Zeta — the ...

Greek letters had been used to name storms only once before, in 2005, another busy hurricane season that produced Hurricane Katrina, among others.

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.