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With the naming of Tropical Storm Wilfred in the eastern Atlantic on Friday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) has officially used all of its names for the 2020 hurricanes.
Wilfred was the last name available on this year's list of 21 names for Atlantic hurricanes.
This is the second time in all recorded history that all names have been used.
The NHC does not use the letters Q, U, X, Y, and Z because there are not enough names to fill those letters.
The storm is located just over 965 km west of the Cape Verde Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center.
It does not pose a threat to the territory and is expected to weaken over the Atlantic next week.
To name additional storms, the NHC will use the Greek alphabet, which has only happened once since the NHC began naming storms in 1953. In 2005, the NHC had to use 6 letters of the Greek alphabet for a given record number of storms. that he had already used the 21 letters available to the agency in the English alphabet.
And we didn't have to wait long.
Shortly after Wilfred, subtropical storm Alpha also formed on Friday about 75 miles from Lisbon, Portugal, with winds of 80 kph, according to the NHC.
The center of the storm should make landfall in Portugal shortly before weakening.
Beta would be the next
The next named storm would be called Beta.
The name could go for Tropical Depression 22 in the western Gulf of Mexico (although that storm was previously expected to become Wilfred and Alpha).
As of late Friday morning, the storm was about 460 km south of the Texas-Mexico border with 35 mph winds.
There is an increasing risk of heavy rain and flooding along the Texas coast as of Sunday, according to the NHC, but it is still too early to determine which areas could see direct impacts from wind and storm surge.
"The 2020 season has been extraordinary," said Taylor Ward, a CNN meteorologist.
“Every wave or tropical disturbance seems to be turning into a named storm.
This moment of hyperactivity is extremely rare.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Teddy, a powerful Category 4 system with winds of more than 200 km / h, is in the central Atlantic.
It is forecast to move north and could hit Bermuda on Sunday or Monday.
It is expected to continue north into the Canadian maritime zones, although parts of the New England coast could also be impacted if the storm moves further west next week.
CNN's Allison Chinchar, Dave Hennen, Haley Brink, and Judson Jones contributed to this report.
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