Dolphin, Dim-sum, Banyan: How tropical cyclones get their names

In a satellite image from NASA, Cyclone Kenneth approaches Mozambique on April 25, 2019. (Photo via New York Times)

NEW YORK — If you see that a storm named Dim-sum is gathering steam in the Pacific Ocean, it’s not an error.

In June, as the Pacific typhoon season began, the Hong Kong Observatory said it had chosen the city’s bite-sized cuisine as its latest contribution to the list of names for tropical cyclones that form in the Pacific.