191K views · 464 reactions | Erin strengthened to become the Atlantic season's first hurricane. The storm is expected to avoid landfall in the United States but might create dangerous beach conditions along the Atlantic coast, forecasters predict. CNN's Brandon Miller breaks down the hurricane's path. https://cnn.it/4fASPd0 | CNN | Facebook

So, how exactly does a hurricane get its name? 🤔🌀With the announcement from NOAA predicting an above-normal 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, we took a look into how storms get their names in the first place. It’s actually the World Meteorological Organization curates the list of names for tropical storms. The storms retain their given name from humble beginnings as a small cyclone to their potential growth into a full-blown hurricane. For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of male and female