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Detailed explanation-1: -Hurricanes are tropical storms that form over the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeast Pacific. Cyclones are formed over the South Pacific and Indian Ocean. Typhoons are formed over the Northwest Pacific Ocean.

Detailed explanation-2: -Live Coverage For all things weather, 24 hours a day. It was in September of 1947 that Hurricane George became the first named tropical system to make landfall in the continental U.S., causing destruction in Fort Lauderdale.

Detailed explanation-3: -Who names hurricanes? Unsurprisingly, meteorologists name hurricanes. The World Meteorological Organization has six different lists-each with 21 names, one for every letter except Q, U, X, Y and Z-that they cycle through for hurricanes in the Atlantic.

Detailed explanation-4: -The NHC does not control the naming of tropical storms. Instead a strict procedure has been established by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of names for each of six years. In other words, one list is repeated every sixth year.