How did hurricane Harvey get its name?

Answer 1

Hurricanes and tropical storms in each year are named alphabetically with names of alternating gender. For example, the first three named storms of 2005 Arlene, Bret, and Cindy. Names are repeated every six years unless a storm is particularly bad, in which case the name is retired.

As it happened Katrina was the 11th storm in the Atlantic basin to reach tropical storm intensity (the point at which a storm is named) and Katrina was the 11th name for Atlantic hurricanes/tropical storms in 2005. Now the name Katrina will be retired from the list and replaced with another. Hurricane Katrina of 2005 will be remembered throughout the years.

Answer 2

Hurricane Katrina happened in the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans because of the prevailing winds, the gulf water temperatures, and the lack of wind sheer. This made conditions perfect for a hurricane to form, strengthen, and travel across the gulf.

Answer 3

There are six different groups of lists with names going in alphabetical order. These lists are reused after the names in each list have all been used. No one named Hurricane Katrina Katrina on purpose. The next name on the list just happened to be Katrina. That is it. Nothing was done purposely. Now the name Katrina will be retired from the list and replaced with Katia for 2011, 2017 and possibly more years. Hurricane Katrina of 2005 will be remembered throughout the years.

Answer 4

Hurricane is famous because it was one of the worst natural disasters to strike the U.S.

It caused $81 billion in damage, more than any other hurricane in U.S. history and killed over 1,800 people, the most from any U.S. hurricane since 1928. It also essentially shut down the city of New Orleans, flooding most of it with water that became toxic. Conditions for those trapped in the city were miserable.

Answer 5

they use the alphabet

they alternate betwen boy and girl name

of coarse they start with A and end with Z

example:

A = Albert

B = Betty

C = Cameron

D = Delilah

E = Ethan

F = Fern

G = Galileo

H = Hailee

I = Isaac

J = Julie

K = Kai (i think its a boy name)

L = Layla

M = Mack

N = Nixie

O = Oscar

P = Pam

Q = Quincey

R = Riley

S = Sam

T = Trisha

U = Ubel

V = Victoria

W = Wayne

X = Xandy

Y = Yale

Z = Zafirah

When the cycle starts over,instead of the first name being a boys name, it would be a girls name.and it would alternate again

A = Alysa

B = Brandon

C = Calli

D = David

E = Ellen

and so on

Answer 6

The word hurricane comes from the Taino Indian work hurakan, meaning "Big Wind." The individual names of storms are selected from alphabetical lists that are recycled every six years. The National Hurricane Center chose these names and determines a replacement when one name is retired. The names themselves come from the languages English, French, and Spanish.

Answer 7

It wasn't. Other hurricanes have been larger than Katrina. The only claim to #1 that Katrina has is that it was the costliest hurricane on record. The extend of the damage was due to the storm's unusually large storm surge and the breaching of the levees in New Orleans.

Answer 8

The National Hurricane Center. Hurricane names are taken from a re-selected list for the year. Each new tropical storm that forms gets the next name on the list. Katrina was the eleventh name on the list.

Answer 9

Hurricanes get their names from a ready-made alphabetical list for each year. Each new tropical storm gets the next name on the list. Harvey was the eighth tropical storm of 2017 so it got the eight name on the list.

Answer 10

Check the link below for information on how hurricanes are named.