Tropical cyclones are called typhoons in Asia and hurricanes in North and South America. These storms go around like a wheel turning to the left when they hit the northern part of the world. They have wind speeds of 60kph or more. In the United States, the Tropical Prediction Center in Miami, Florida keeps an eye out for hurricanes.
When meteorologists detect a hurricane, they give it a name. They can use either a male or female name. Why should tropical cyclones have names? The name makes it easier for people to keep up with information about a hurricane and its possible dangers.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), an international weather group, decides what names will be used. The WMO makes lists of names using the English alphabet. Each name on the list starts with a different letter. The first hurricane of the year gets the first name on that year's list. The second hurricane gets the next name. For example, if the first hurricane is named Abel, the second might be named Betty. The name lists do not include names beginning with the letters Q, U, X, Y, and Z. There aren't many names that begin with these letters.
Asian countries use a different list, which is made up by the WMO's Typhoon Committee. This list has a few personal names, but most of the names are of flowers, animals, trees, and other similar things.

Maria Skłodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, on 7th November, 1867. Her childhood was not a happy one. Her (46) sister died when she was nine and her mother passed away when she was eleven. Four years after the death of her mother, she left school. That was a difficult time, too. She couldn’t go to university (47) universities in Poland were not open to women, so she taught herself.
In 1891 Maria went to Paris to study physics. She studied very well and got her degree in 1893. A year after she got a degree (48) physics, she got a degree in math, too. This was only a few weeks before she met a clever young man (49) Pierre Curie. They got married in 1895 and Maria became Marie Curie. The Curies had two daughters: Irene, born in 1897, and Eve, born in 1904. Before the birth of Irene, Marie started working with Pierre and together they (50) a lot of progress in doing scientific experiments. Finally, they discovered radium in 1898.
In 1903, Marie and Pierre won the Nobel Prize for physics and they became very famous. Then, three years later, Pierre died and Marie’s world changed forever.