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[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Epsilon is not E, storm names went Greek after running out of English letters (skipping Q, U, X, Y and Z). E in 2020 was Tropical Storm Edouard.

They now no longer go Greek, there's a list of alternate names and I think it starts over at A.

[–] N0MAD@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

That article wasn't updated when it became a hurricane later.