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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.
Here's a list of the retired names according to the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center. 1954: Carol and Hazel 1955: Connie, Diane, Ione and Janet
List of retired Australian region cyclone names; List of retired Pacific hurricane names; List of retired Pacific typhoon names; List of retired Philippine typhoon names; List of retired South Pacific cyclone names; In addition, one South Atlantic tropical cyclone name, Kamby, was retired before being used, for unknown reasons, and was replaced ...
The notoriety of these Atlantic hurricanes has led to the retirement of the names. The names were removed from the lists of hurricane names and have not been used since. This list does not include any devastating storms from the current season until they are officially retired by the World Meteorological Organization in the following year.
Since 1954, 96 tropical storm names have been retired in the Atlantic, which occurs when storms reach a certain threshold and are conside When it comes to retired hurricane names, one letter ...
Retired names for hurricanes, storms ... When a name is retired, it’s replaced by a new name. As of May 2024, 96 names have been retired. 1950s: Carol, Hazel, Edna, Connie, Diane, Ione, Janet ...
The original WMO policy of naming storms with Greek letters stated that if a storm was destructive enough to warrant retirement of the name, the Greek letter would be used again, but the name, with the year after it, would be included in the list of retired names; for example, "Alpha (2005)" would be listed under retired names, but Alpha could ...
Historically, hurricanes starting with the letter 'I' have been retired the most (12 times) since the retirement practice started in 1953. When it comes to retired hurricane names, the 'I's have ...