Hurricanes in USA

The hurricanes have a name, starting with A, B up to Z using female names. After 26 hurricanes, a new series is started with A, B up to Z using male names. The current names are (male) Gustav, Hanna and Ike.

Gustav (which has just passed) was earlier feared to be as bad as Katrina a few years ago, but it finally did not cause much damage.

CORRECTION
The names of the hurricanes alternate between male and female names, starting from A followed by B, etc. Here is a list of names of hurricanes:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml