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 outnumber the number of tropical cyclones that occur
in the Australian region.
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Many trees were damaged during Tropical Cyclone Heidi, January 2012