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As of 2024, 96 storm names have been retired. [1] The naming of North Atlantic tropical cyclones is currently under the oversight of the Hurricane Committee of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This group maintains six alphabetic lists of twenty-one names, with one list used each year.
Did you know that hurricane names could be retired? See the list of hurricane names that have been retired since the 1950s—some of the deadliest or most destructive storms in history.
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Hurricane seasontypically starts June 1 and ends Nov. 30. To become classified as a tropical storm, a tropical depression needs to graduate to having sustained winds of more than 39 miles per hour; after 79 mph, a storm becomes a hurricane. When there are more than 21 storms big enough to be named, like happened in 2005, Katrina's year, the Greek a...
Usually, the six lists of namesfor tropical storms and hurricanes repeat. However, if there is an unusually large or damaging hurricane, the name is retired by the World Meteorological Organization’s hurricane committee because using it again could be considered insensitive and could also cause confusion. Then that name is replaced on its list with...
Agnes (1972)Alicia (1983)Allen (1980)Allison (tropical storm, 2001)- Matt Rosenberg
Below is a list of retired names for the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. There are, however, a great number of destructive storms not included on this list because they occurred before the hurricane naming convention was established in 1950.
Mar 30, 2023 · Some Atlantic Basin hurricanes and tropical storms have had their names retired. Just as no New York Yankee will ever again wear No. 3 (Babe Ruth), nor will a Green Bay Packer ever claim No. 15...
Jun 15, 2021 · Though not quite as powerful as hurricanes, tropical storms can still wreak massive devastation, and some of their names have been retired, too. Examples include Allison, a tropical storm that...
Aug 29, 2023 · If the storm wreaks enough havoc, the name Idalia could be retired from the hurricane name list – following a trend for hurricane names that start with I. Why are hurricane names...
