HOW ARE CYCLONES NAMED?
Cyclones are given their names from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
There is a list of 104 names that are used to name tropical cyclones in the
Australian Region.
The names are normally chosen in alphabetical order and in a sequence of
male to female. Once the list has been exhausted, BOM will return to the
beginning of the list.
If a named cyclone moves into the Australian Region from another country’s
zone of responsibility, the name assigned by that other country will be
retained.
BOM receives many requests from the public to have a tropical cyclone
named after themselves or dedicated to friends. The Bureau is unable to
grant all requests as the number of requests far out-numbers the number of
tropical cyclones that occur in the Australian Region.
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Many trees were damaged during Tropical Cyclone Heid