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About 100 names of tropical storms and hurricanes have been retired from future use in the Atlantic Ocean, and now Beryl, Helene and Milton join them.
The WMO Hurricane Committee has retired the names Beryl, Helene and Milton from its Atlantic basin name list and John from the eastern Pacific basin name list because of the death and destruction these storms caused in 2024. https://t.co/zO7Ck65eyM pic.twitter.com/PqRL43kOGY
These hurricanes of 2024 were either so destructive and/or deadly that an international committee retired their names from use in future hurricanes. That's happened many times in the past 70-plus years.
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WPEC CBS 12 on MSNFour hurricane names retired, WMO citing climate change influenceThe names Beryl, Helene, Milton, and John have been officially retired from the rotating list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names.
The World Meteorological Organization has added four names to the list never to be used again to describe a tropical storm. Beryl, Helene, Milton and John did so much damage that they will be distinct forever.