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This decade featured hurricanes David and Frederic, the first male Atlantic hurricane names to be retired. During this decade, 9 storms were deemed significant enough to have their names retired. Together these 9 systems caused at least $9.41 billion in damage, while at least 10527 people lost their lives. No names were retired for the 1971 ...
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.
Of the 94 retired names, a total of 14 storm names beginning with the letter “I” have been retired, besting any other letter. According to the National Hurricane Center , they are: Ione ’55
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 ...
1971 – low-latitude hurricane that crossed Nicaragua, killing three people; was renamed Hurricane Olivia upon reaching the eastern Pacific Ocean. 1977 – skirted the northern coast of Western Australia, but ultimately affected no land areas. 1981 – major hurricane that traversed the Atlantic Ocean, affecting France as an extratropical cyclone.
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 ...