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First "Larry" then "Wati"...
What kind of naming system are the Aussies following anyway?
It sure doesn't look like they're doing it in aphabetical order.
Alphabetical order is not ordained for all the world to follow.
doesn't the alphabet go the other way south of the Equator? :)
Actually, Wati is a storm that formed in another basin that seeped over to Australia's Eastern basin, hence the non-alphabetic order. Sort of like if Hurricane Willia from the Pacific basin seeped into the Atlantic basin while there was a Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic basin and struck Florida. Storms since 1996 keep the alphabetical order of the basins they formed in, not the basins where they strike.
,,, the hurricanes are a problem but things like coastal taipans would concern me if I was cleaning up.