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No. Hurricane naming did not begin until 1950.
The hurricane that hit Belize in 1931 did not have a name. Hurricanes did not officially have names until 1953. The one in Belize was a Category 4 and killed about 2,500 people.
No, there has never been a hurricane named Carter in the official naming lists used by the National Hurricane Center. The naming system for Atlantic hurricanes has specific guidelines, and while many names have been used over the years, Carter is not among them.
Naming started in 1950. The current naming system, though, was not established until 1979.
The Galveston hurricane of 1900 occurred before hurricanes were officially named. It is often referred to as the Great Galveston Hurricane due to the devastation it caused, with an estimated 8,000 fatalities. Naming hurricanes began in the 1950s to help with communication and tracking.
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No, there has not been a hurricane named Herman in the Atlantic basin. Hurricane names are predetermined and published in advance by the World Meteorological Organization, and there has not been a Hurricane Herman listed in the official naming lists.
No, because it is a general/nonspecific noun, however if you were naming a particular hurricane i.e. Hurricane Katrina, then a capital letter for hurricane would be needed because it is a proper noun.
As of July 4, 2014, the next Atlantic tropical storm's name will begin with B. The storm will be Bertha. However, storms are named as the reach tropical storm intensity, and only about half of all Atlantic tropical storms become hurricanes, so there is no guarantee that Bertha will be a hurricane.
Yes, there has been a Hurricane James. It formed in 1994 during the Atlantic hurricane season but remained a relatively weak tropical storm and did not make landfall. The name James has been used in the Atlantic hurricane naming list, but it is not as common as other hurricane names.
No, there has not been a cyclone or hurricane named Noah. The World Meteorological Organization is responsible for naming tropical cyclones, and they typically use pre-determined lists of names for each season. While there may be variations in naming practices by different meteorological agencies, the name Noah has not been used for a cyclone or hurricane in recent history.
Hurricane Sandy began as Tropical Depression Eighteen on October 22, 2012.