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These are the tropical storm and hurricane names for 2022

We start with Alex this year.
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HOUSTON — The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season is just about here and KHOU 11 wants you to be prepared. Stay weather smart before, during and after the storm by staying with Chief Meteorologist David Paul, as well as meteorologists Chita Craft, Tim Pandajis, Kim Castro and Pat Cavlin.

As for the storm names this year, here's a look at the ones on the National Hurricane Center's list.

Alex
Bonnie
Colin
Danielle
Earl
Fiona
Gaston
Hermine
Ian
Julia
Karl
Lisa
Martin
Nicole
Owen
Paula
Richard
Shary
Tobias
Virginie
Walter

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Once all of the storm names are used, the National Hurricane Center will start over at 'A' names.  You can see those alternate tropical system names here. In the past, once all storm names were exhausted, new storms would be named letters in the Greek alphabet, but that's no longer the case. 

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