These Atlantic hurricane names are retired
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The home of the Tampa Bay Rays will get a new roof to replace the one torn off by Hurricane Milton. Officials say the goal is to have the ballpark ready for the 2026 season.
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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Early warnings reduced death tolls, WMO says "The work of the Hurricane Committee is critical to ensuring that everyone in the region across the Atlantic and east Pacific basins i
Forecasters worry about warm water in the Atlantic Ocean where hurricanes form and the predicted absence of an El Niño.
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.
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Colorado State University, a school renowned for its hurricane research, said it expects “above-normal” tropical activity this year. The early-season prediction, released Thursday, stems from warm sea-surface temperatures, and the potential for conditions that kindle tropical activity.
A warm — yet no longer record-hot — strip of Atlantic waters could help fuel 17 named tropical cyclones this season, Colorado State University researchers said.
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.
The organization tasked with maintaining rotating lists of hurricane names has retired the monikers of three of 2024's most destructive storms.