While the overall state of emergency from COVID-19 has calmed down since last summer, the pandemic is still very much a thing, and emergency managers are still looking to mitigate risks from the virus in their hurricane plans. Last year was the first hurricane season Miami had with the double whammy of a global pandemic that came with public-health guidelines urging people to stay home, complicating hurricane shelter plans. But if there are more storms this year than letters in the ABCs, Greek letters will no longer be used. Luckily, NOAA doesn't expect 2021 to be as prolific as its predecessor.
