Here are the 2018 hurricane names

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The 2017 hurricane season finally ended Nov. 30. The last named storm was Tropical Storm Rina and the first was Tropical Storm Arlene. As NOLA.com reporter Beau Evans writes, "This year's record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season may go down as the costliest season in history – and among the most intense on record. It saw 17 named storms including 10 hurricanes, six of which reached major intensities of Category 3 or above, and generated the most cumulative wind and storm surge force since 2005."
What will 2018 be like? We'll have to wait to find out, but in the meantime, here is the list of names for 2018 Atlantic storms, plus history on storms with the same names from the past.

The National Hurricane Center has been naming Atlantic storms since 1953. The lists "are maintained and updated through a strict procedure by an international committee of the World Meteorological Organization."

There are six lists of names used in rotation and re-cycled every six years, "i.e., the 2017 list will be used again in 2023. The only time that there is a change in the list is if a storm is so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for reasons of sensitivity,'' the National Hurricane Center writes on its website.

Alberto has been around before. Here's a satellite animation of Alberto when it was the first named hurricane of 2000, well out into the Atlantic Ocean. It caused no injuries.
Alberto has showed up several times, including in 1982, when Hurricane Alberto forced 20,000 people in Cuba to evacuate to higher ground, UPI reported. 

Beryl has made several appearances before as a tropical storm. Here's a video from 2012, when Beryl struck Florida. That year, "Beryl directly caused one death when a severe thunderstorm associated with the cyclone blew down a tree onto an SUV in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, killing the occupant,'' the National Hurricane Center reported.

Chris was a tropical storm in 2012, when "Chris was labeled as a 'zombie' tropical storm for the same reason that the system broke a tropical weather record. Chris acquired the description 'zombie' after AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Rob Miller stated, 'the storm is alive, but it should not be.'" AccuWeather reported that year that Chris developed "far from warm enough for development and at a latitude that is typically unheard of in June."
By the way, there's a rapper named Hurricane Chris from Shreveport. Check him out here.

In 2012, Tropical Storm Debby spawned a tornado that killed one woman in Florida, CNN reported.

Ernesto was a hurricane in 2006 and in 2012. The National Weather Service reported that "Ernesto was the costliest tropical cyclone of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. The sixth tropical storm and first hurricane of the season, Ernesto developed from a tropical wave on August 24 in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Ernesto first affected the northern Caribbean, reaching minimal hurricane status near Haiti before weakening and moving across eastern Cuba as a tropical storm. Despite initial predictions for it to track through the eastern Gulf of Mexico as a major hurricane, Ernesto moved across eastern Florida as a weak tropical storm.
"After turning to the northeast, it re-intensified and made landfall in Brunswick County, North Carolina near Long Beach on Thursday, August 31. Ernesto moved north across the Coastal Plain of North Carolina on Friday, September 1, reaching southeastern Virginia as a Tropical Depression during the late afternoon on Friday. The system became extratropical late Friday evening as it moved across eastern Virginia.
In 2012, Ernesto became a category 2 hurricane just before landfall along the coast of the southern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center reported.
The NHC stated in 2012: "Media reports indicate that Ernesto is responsible for seven direct deaths and five indirect deaths in Mexico. Three of the direct deaths were wind related, three were caused by water, and one was the result of a lightning strike. None of the deaths occurred in the region where Ernesto made landfall as a hurricane."

Florence was a hurricane in 1953, the first year the National Hurricane Center started naming Atlantic storms. The National Weather Service reports that "since the portion of the Florida panhandle where Florence made landfall was sparsely populated in 1953, there was no measuring equipment in the vicinity of the landfall location. However, just west of where Florence made landfall, a wind gust of 84mph was measured at Eglin Air Force Base.
"A combination of rain and wind resulted in minor crop damage, roof damage, and downed trees and powerlines across south central Alabama and the northwest Florida panhandle.''
Florence was a hurricane again in 2006. NASA reports: "Its center was not predicted to make landfall,'' but in Bermuda, "the storm brought powerful winds, rain, and strong surf as it passed as close as 100 kilometers (60 miles) to the island.'' See a NASA image here.

Gordon was a hurricane in 1994 and 2006.
Hurricane Gordon was the seventh named storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Gordon started as a tropical depression off the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean on Sept. 10. On Sept. 13, 2006, it became a Category 1 hurricane. Gordon intensified in the next day, reaching Category 3 status in 24 hours, according to the National Hurricane Center. The powerful hurricane never reached land in 2006, NASA said.
In 1994, however, when Gordon was a tropical storm, it "started spreading nasty weather across Florida, ultimately leaving eight dead - including two in Miami-Dade County - and causing more than $640 million in damage in 2014 dollars,'' the Sun Sentinal reported.
Quoting Jim Lushine, a tropical expert and weather historian, the newspaper wrote: "Before hitting Florida, Gordon's rainfall caused more than 1,100 deaths in Haiti. After passing South Florida, it grew into a hurricane in the Atlantic, backtracked and hit Central Florida. 'Curiously,' Lushine said, 'the name was not retired and will be back again in 2018.'"

Helene was a hurricane in 1958 and 2006.
Here's a video of Helene's outer bands battering North Carolina in 1958. The National Weather Service reports: 
"As bad as Hurricane Helene was for southeastern North Carolina it could have been much, much worse.  Helene never actually made landfall as the eye remained approximately 20 miles offshore.  Even given this distance the all-time record wind gust for Wilmington occurred during Hurricane Helene: 135 mph as measured by the official airport anemometer.  Reports of gusts of 150 to 160 mph on the beaches were received although there was no way to verify their accuracy.
"The period 1954 through 1960 was an exceptionally active period for hurricanes along the North and South Carolina coast.  Less than two years after Helene, Hurricane Donna would strike the area dealing another significant blow."
In 2006, "Helene was a long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that remained at sea and attained category 3 intensity,'' the National Hurricane Center reported.

Isaac was a hurricane in 2000 and 2012.
Here's video of Isaac's effects in New Orleans in 2012. The National Weather Service reported: "Overall the region fared well with regard to impacts from Hurricane Isaac. Heavy flooding rains, especially over southeast Mississippi; and minor to moderate coastal flooding and erosion were the primary problems. No injuries were reported in association with Hurricane Isaac across the area. One indirect death was reported in Escambia County, FL when a man drowned in the increasingly rough surf while attempting to ride a JetSki on August 27th as Isaac began moving north across the Gulf."
In 2000, "Even though Isaac remained far to the east of the U.S. eastern seabord, swells generated by this large and powerful hurricane caused a boat with four passengers to capsize in Moriches Inlet (Long Island), New York on 30 September. One of the passengers, a 54-year old Bronx man, drowned,'' the National Hurricane Center reported.

Joyce was a hurricane in 2000 and a tropical storm in 2012.
In 2000, "Joyce was an 80-knot hurricane east of the Windward Islands, but was weakening from a tropical storm to a depression when it passed through the Windward Islands,'' the National Hurricane Center reported. It caused no deaths or injuries. In 2012, Joyce caused no injuries either.

Kirk was a small category 2 hurricane in 2012 that caused no injuries and "spent its life over the central and northeastern Atlantic,'' the National Hurricane Center reported. 

Leslie became the sixth Atlantic hurricane of the 2012 season, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. The category 1 storm was near Bermuda.

In 2012, Tropical Depression Thirteen formed on September 3, 2012, strengthened into Tropical Storm Michael on September 4, and strengthened further into Hurricane Michael on September 5—the seventh Atlantic hurricane of the 2012 season, the National Hurricane Center reported. Here's a satellite image of the hurricane in the Atlantic, when it was located about 930 miles west-southwest of the Azores.

In 2012, Nadine "was an unusually long-lived tropical cyclone that completed three loops over the eastern subtropical Atlantic. Nadine attained hurricane strength on two occasions, a record thirteen days apart,'' the National Hurricane Center reported. It caused no injuries.

In 2012, "wind shear proved too much for (Tropical Storm) Oscar,'' and it "lost all tropical characteristics." Oscar was swept up by a large storm system over the central Atlantic Ocean, AccuWeather reported.

in 2012, Tropical Storm Patty neared the Bahamas, then "stretched out before she dissipated on Oct. 13 and became a trough of low pressure,'' NASA reported.

In 2012, Hurricane Rafael "was far from land," but "its northwestern fringe clouds were brushing Nova Scotia, Canada,'' NASA reported. "The storm merged with a cold front on Oct. 18, but not before NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of the storm when it was in its last day as a hurricane.'' See that image here.

Sara was added to the hurricane name list in 2013, replacing "Sandy'' because of that hurricane's deadly impact.
"Sandy has been retired from the official list of Atlantic Basin tropical cyclone names by the World Meteorological Organization's hurricane committee because of the extreme impacts it caused from Jamaica and Cuba to the Mid-Atlantic United States in October 2012," the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration writes.

Tropical Storm Tony wasn't much to write home about in 2012. The late October storm reached maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, NASA reported.

Not much to report for Valerie in previous years, and let's hope it stays that way for 2018.

And ditto for William.