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Mar 14, 2008 12:42 pm US/Eastern

Hurricane Names For 2008

Hurricane Season Begins June 1st

Runs Through Nov. 30th

WEST MIAMI-DADE (CBS4) ― Hurricane season 2008 is almost here. The Atlantic Hurricane Season officially begins June 1st and runs through November 30th.

Every year, there is a pre-approved list of names for tropical storms and hurricanes. These lists have been generated by the National Hurricane Center since 1953.

The original name lists featured only women's names. In 1979, men's names were introduced and they alternate with the women's names.

The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity.

In the event that more than 21 named tropical cyclones occur in the Atlantic basin in a season, additional storms will take names from the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on.

2008 Hurricane Names