Tropical Cyclone Names (Flasty Jam)

Tropcial cyclones and subtropical cyclones are named by the WMO and in this case also by the VGMA. These naming list is to help people keep track of the storms and to prevent confusion. In this case when a storm reaches tropical storm force winds (33 knots / 66 km/h / 38 MPH) it is assigned a name.

The VGMA has been pondering over if they were going to name storms or not. The 2017 Section 1 Hurricane Season was really disaterous with many hurricanes (8, 9, and 13) producing major damage. People were confused on the fact that Hurricane Fourteen back in 2016 and other storms named like that in previous years. So in December of 2017, the WHO and VGMA decided to name storms by popular demand.