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  2. How hurricanes and tropical storms get their names: Who names ...

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    The biggest example of a retired hurricane name in the U.S. was Hurricane Katrina, a category 5 hurricane which devastated Louisiana and other southern states and killed almost 1,900 people in ...

  3. Why Idalia? Here's how hurricanes get their names - AOL

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    How do hurricanes like Idalia, which has made landfall in Florida, get their names? Hurricane expert Brian McNoldy explains why and gives list of 2023 hurricane names.

  4. Hurricane names: Why we name storms, how they are selected - AOL

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    Before 1953, tropical storms and hurricanes were tracked by year and the order in which they occurred during that year, not by names. At first, the United States only used female names for storms.

  5. Tropical cyclone naming - Wikipedia

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    A replacement name is then submitted to the committee concerned and voted upon, but these names can be rejected and replaced with another name for various reasons: these reasons include the spelling and pronunciation of the name, the similarity to the name of a recent tropical cyclone or on another list of names, and the length of the name for ...

  6. Who names hurricanes? Meteorologists explain process, list of ...

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    Some of these names include Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, Sandy in 2012, Katrina in 2005 and more. When is hurricane season? Hurricane season runs from June 1 until Nov. 30, according to the ...

  7. List of retired Atlantic hurricane names - Wikipedia

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    The decade featured Hurricane Andrew, which at the time was the costliest hurricane on record, and also Hurricane Mitch, which is considered to be the deadliest tropical cyclone to have its name retired, killing over 11,000 people in Central America. A total of 15 names were retired in this decade, seven during the 1995 and 1996 seasons.

  8. History of tropical cyclone naming - Wikipedia

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    The practice of using names to identify tropical cyclones goes back several centuries, with storms named after places, saints or things they hit before the formal start of naming in each basin. Examples of such names are the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane (also known as the "San Felipe II" hurricane) and the 1938 New England hurricane. The system ...

  9. The Fascinating Way Hurricanes and Tropical Storms Are ... - AOL

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    Ever wonder how they come up with hurricane names? Here's how they're picked, why some hurricane names are retired, and a hurricane names list for 2023.