Typically, names are repeated every six years. But once a hurricane becomes deadly, the name is retired from the list.
Four names have been removed from the lists of hurricane names maintained by the World Meteorological Organization.
These hurricanes of 2024 were either so destructive and/or deadly that an international committee retired their names from ...
Weather officials removed Beryl, Helene, Milton, and John from future storm lists after these hurricanes killed 370 people ...
John Milton died 350 years ago, leaving behind Paradise Lost, a poem composed in a state of deep despair. Blind, alone, and reeling from the failures of the English Revolution, Milton wrote an ...
Storm names are given on a rotating alphabetical basis. Particularly deadly or damaging storms have their name removed from ...
The World Meteorological Organization has officially retired Helene and Milton hurricane names due to their devastating impacts in 2024.
The names Beryl, Helene, Milton and John have been retired by the World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee.
The World Meteorological Organization has added four names to the list never to be used again to describe a tropical storm.