NHC releases list of storm names for Hurricane Season

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NHC releases list of storm names for Hurricane Season

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FLORIDA (WMBF) – The National Hurricane Center has released a list of names to be used during the 2011 Hurricane Season.

Those names will be as follows:

Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Don
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katia
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rina
Sean
Tammy
Vince
Whitney

The National Hurricane Center is also predicting 16 named storms, with nine of those strengthening to hurricane status and five becoming major hurricanes.

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