Beryl, Helene and Milton retired from hurricane name lists
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Hurricane Helene barreled through five states in September, making landfall along the Gulf Coast of Florida, with storm surges, flooding and wind toppling buildings, tossing boats and vehicles.
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The 2024 retired storms combined for a total of $122.6 billion in damage and 388 lives lost.
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Hurricane names Beryl, Helene and Milton have been retired. The names Brianna, Holly and Miguel will replace them.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially retired the names Beryl, Helene, and Milton due to their destruction during the 2024 hurricane season.
Weather officials removed Beryl, Helene, Milton, and John from future storm lists after these hurricanes killed 370 people and caused $112 billion in damage in 2024. Beryl, Helene and
Beryl, Helene and Milton have been retired from the Atlantic hurricane name list, while John was retired from the Pacific list. Brianna, Holly, Miguel and Jake will take their places. The names were retired because they were so deadly.
Hurricanes are named in alphabetical order, in lists that rotate every six years. After a hurricane season is over, the WMO looks back at each storm and the impacts it caused. Typically, if a storm is particularly destructive or deadly,
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Before passing almost directly over the Houston region on July 8, when it caused widespread power outages and contributed to dozens of deaths, Hurricane Beryl devastated multiple Caribbean islands and was the earliest Category 5 storm on record in the Atlantic basin.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Wednesday officially replaced the names of the trio of 2024 storms that killed more than 300 people and caused more than $119 billion in damage.
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The 2024 hurricane season was another record-breaking one. The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) Hurricane Committee has retired three names from the Atlantic Basin list. Brianna, Holly, and Miguel will replace Beryl, Helene, and Milton on the 2030 name list. Hurricane names are retired after it causes many deaths and or significant damage.