Off the Atlantic coast, tropical storm Don is thundering away. Meantime in the Pacific, a roaring tropical depression will be named Hilary if it grows into a tropical storm, according to the National Hurricane Centre (NHC).
Forming on Monday in the Caribbean, Don lost momentum on Tuesday night before dissipating into an open wave. Over in the East Pacific Ocean, tropical depression 8 has the potential to be upgraded and become tropical storm Hilary.
Government forecasters insist their joint appearance has nothing to do with politics. Since 1953, the NHC has kept six different lists of storm names, used over and over in rotation. Thus, the 2017 name list will be back in 2023.
American news media and internet commentators have not missed the chance to make the most of references. “Tropical storm Don bites the dust in Atlantic. It’s not yet Hilary’s time in the Pacific,” read a report in.
