The New York Times

The Greek Alphabet Will No Longer Be Used to Name Hurricanes

Nine Greek letters were pressed into service in last year’s busy Atlantic hurricane season. Officials said they left people confused. By Michael Levenson There will be no Hurricane Pi, Rho, Sigma or ...
NBC 6 South Florida

Bye Alpha, Eta: Greek Alphabet Ditched for Hurricane Names

With named storms coming earlier and more often in warmer waters, the Atlantic hurricane season is going through some changes with meteorologists ditching the Greek alphabet during busy years. But the ...
CNN

The Greek alphabet will never be used again to name tropical storms

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season finished with 30 total named storms — the most in any year on record — but three of those names will never be used again. Something else that will never be used ...
The Globe and Mail

COVID-19 pandemic has been a lesson in Greek alphabet, one variant at a time

The Greek alphabet arrived on the global stage and into everyday lexicon riding on waves of the novel coronavirus as the World Health Organization began naming variants in the Glagolitic script. As ...
Reuters

Fact Check: COVID-19 variant names are following Greek alphabet; Omicron does not mean ‘non-existing’

Variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are named after letters of the Greek alphabet and there is no evidence that the Omicron variant is a cryptic name that means “non-existing”, as claimed in a meme being ...
The New York Times

How Omicron, the New Covid-19 Variant, Got Its Name

The World Health Organization began naming the variants after Greek letters to avoid public confusion and stigma. By Vimal Patel Markets plunged on Friday, hope of taming the coronavirus dimmed and a ...