Whenever a hurricane is forecasted, it's always given a name, leaving us all wondering who decides it, and how. The practice of naming a hurricane, which prevents confusion if two are happening at ...

Hurricanes are named through a strict procedure set by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization. The National Hurricane Center utilizes these names every hurricane season.

Names come from a list developed by a meteorological organization. They can help people pay attention, an official with the National Hurricane Center said. By Amy Graff Lala, the name for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane names aren't picked at random. Here's who chooses them, how the lists work and why some names are retired for good.