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What’s in a Hurricane Name

  • April 30, 2013
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

When a hurricane is very devastating, its name is retired. So there will never be another Katrina or Irene. The World Meteorological Organization keeps six official name lists for Atlantic tropical storms, rotating them every six years.

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