There's only been one other year — 2005 — that Greek names have been needed. The National Hurricane Center on Friday announced storms called Alpha and Beta have formed in the Atlantic.

Gen Z was once the youngest, but now there's a new generation in town. Named "Generation Alpha," after the first letter of the Greek alphabet, these individuals are often the children of ...

Alpha is paired with beta (β), the second letter of the Greek alphabet, which measures an asset’s volatility. In actively managed mutual funds and ETFs , alpha is viewed as an indicator of fund ...

Get out the Greek alphabet for the rest of 2020: Storms Alpha and Beta have formed. Before them, Wilfred was the earliest "W" storm on record.

With the historic peak of the Atlantic hurricane season right around the corner, it's looking more likely forecasters will run out of traditional storm names.

The Greek alphabet comes into play after 21 traditional names like Laura and Sally are used, starting with an "A" name and progressing in alphabetical order as new storms form. The letters Q, U, X ...

The Greek alphabet is a millennia-spanning marvel that didn’t necessarily need this boost in visibility. ... Alpha (Britain, Sept. 2020) — Variant of concern; ...

The Atlantic hurricane season seems to be changing and so are some assumptions about it, with meteorologists dumping the Greek alphabet for busy seasons like last year.

For only the second time in history, we've run out of letters for named storms so we've moved to the Greek alphabet.

Tropical storms have blown through 2020's predetermined A-W names and now must use Greek letters – a practice required only once before, during the record-breaking 2005 hurricane season.

With the historic peak of the Atlantic hurricane season right around the corner, it's looking more likely forecasters will run out of traditional storm names.