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Boston Globe
10-04-2025
- Climate
- Boston Globe
Check out the names for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Is yours on the list?
Here is the list of hurricane names for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season. Boston Globe Names are given to storms once they develop into a tropical storm, the precursor to a hurricane. If all 21 names are used in a given season, then an alternate list of 21 additional names is ready to go. The 2024 hurricane season saw 18 named storms. The hurricane naming convention was established in 1953 as a uniform way of addressing storms and avoiding confusion among meteorologists, the media, and the public while raising awareness of severe weather events. Advertisement 'The work of the Hurricane Committee is critical to ensuring that everyone in the region across the Atlantic and east Pacific basins is ready for the upcoming 2025 hurricane season, providing early warnings and reducing the impacts to life and property from these dangerous storms,' said Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami and chair of the Hurricane Committee. According to the WMO, the names must be instantly recognizable and 'culturally appropriate to each region. In the North Atlantic and Caribbean region, the names have to be suitable for English, French and Spanish-speaking communities.' Names starting with the letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are not used because 'it is difficult to find six suitable names (for each of the six rotating lists),' according to the WMO. Advertisement New names are selected and added to lists in place of retired names, as needed. The WMO recently retired the names of three ferocious 2024 hurricanes that took This year is forecast to see Separate lists of names are created for Eastern and Central North Pacific basin hurricanes. A different committee selects the names for typhoons - hurricanes that develop in the West Pacific. Ken Mahan can be reached at
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
These Atlantic hurricane names have been retired
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Earlier this week, the World Meteorological Organization's Hurricane Committee retired three hurricane names. Beryl, Helene, and Milton will no longer be used in the Atlantic basin lists. Beryl and Helene were two of the original 132 names. Beryl will now be replaced with Brianna. Helene will be replaced with Holly. Milton will be replaced with Miguel. More recently, Milton replaced Michael in 2018. When heavy rainfall threatens flooding, you can protect yourself. Here's how Storm names are typically retired after a storm makes a significant impact, including death and catastrophic destruction. Andrew, Katrina, Harvey, and Sandy were some of the most devastating storms that hit the US. Reusing those names could potentially have an emotional impact on people who survived them, so they cannot be used again. Retiring names also helps avoid confusion when predicting storms with the same location, track, or intensity. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Euronews
03-04-2025
- Climate
- Euronews
Beryl, Helene and Milton join list of nearly 100 hurricane names so deadly they won't be repeated
ADVERTISEMENT Hurricanes Helene, Milton and Beryl caused so much destruction last year that their names are being retired. The World Meteorological Organization on Wednesday officially replaced the names of the trio of 2024 storms that killed more than 300 people and caused more than $119 billion (€107bn) in damage. Brianna, Holly and Miguel take their place in the rotating six-year list of names for Atlantic storms set in advance by a committee of international meteorologists. The names are repeated every six years, unless a storm is so deadly that its name is retired. This killer list is now approaching 100. Related Greece storms were made wetter and more destructive by climate change, study finds How destructive were these 2024 hurricanes? David DeMeza walks out with belongings through sands pushed on to the streets by Hurricane Helene, 2 October 2024, in Treasure Island, Florida. AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File Helene was by far the deadliest and most expensive of the trio with its flooding claiming 249 lives, the most in the United States since 2005's Katrina. It also was the seventh most expensive storm in American history, with damages reaching $78.7 billion (€70.9bn), according to the National Hurricane Center. While it came out of the Gulf and hit Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4, most of the deaths and damage were inland in North Carolina and South Carolina. Milton came on the heels of Helene, bringing high winds, flooding and tornadoes to cause $34.3 billion (€30.9bn) in damage, almost all of it in Florida. It caused 15 fatalities. An overwhelmed resident surveys the damage following flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl, 11 July, 2024, in Plainfield, Vt. AP Photo/Dmitry Belyakov Beryl , which in June became the earliest Category 5 storm to form in a season, killed 68 people in the United States, Grenada, Venezuela, Jamaica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. In the Pacific region, the name Jack is replacing John, a Category 3 storm that killed 29 people in Mexico. Related Nearly half of last year's 'unprecedented' weather events were in Europe, WMO data shows Arctic winter ends with lowest sea ice cover in recorded history 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 is ready for the upcoming 2025 hurricane season, providing early warnings for all and reducing the impacts to life and property from these dangerous storms," says Michael Brennan, chair of the Hurricane Committee and director of the Regional Meteorological Specialized Center Miami. The WMO notes in particular that when Beryl struck, loss of life in the most devastated areas was fortunately limited by accurate advance forecasts and coordinated regional and national disaster risk management. Although early warnings have dramatically reduced fatalities, economic losses are rising. This is why tropical cyclones are one of the main priorities for the UN's Early Warnings For All initiative . 'Whilst the USA bears the biggest outright economic losses, Small Island Developing States and fragile economies suffer disproportionately,' adds WMO secretary-general Celeste Saulo.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Beryl, Helene and Milton retired from list of hurricane names
Video above: Tracking the Tropics | A look back at the 2024 hurricane season TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The organization tasked with maintaining rotating lists of hurricane names has retired the monikers of three of 2024's most destructive storms. The World Meteorological Organization's Hurricane Committee retired the names Beryl, Helene and Milton from its Atlantic basin name list on Wednesday. Milton one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record, NHC report says The names Brianna, Holly and Miguel will take their place when the list is used again in the 2030 season. The committee convenes annually and removes a name from the list if it is associated with an especially costly or deadly storm. Hurricane Beryl was the earliest Category 5 storm on record for the Atlantic basin, devastating parts of the Caribbean. Last month, the National Hurricane Center declared Helene to be the deadliest hurricane since Katrina in 2005. Milton is now officially considered one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record, according to an NHC report released Monday. Helene 'the deadliest hurricane … since Katrina': NHC 'The work of the Hurricane Committee is critical to ensuring that everyone in the region across the Atlantic and east Pacific basins is ready for the upcoming 2025 hurricane season, providing early warnings for all and reducing the impacts to life and property from these dangerous storms,' Michael Brennan, Chair of the Hurricane Committee and Director of the Regional Meteorological Specialized Center Miami, said in a statement. 2024 was the ninth successive Atlantic hurricane season with above-average activity, according to the WMO. The basin saw 18 named storms last year, including 11 hurricanes. Hurricane season is 2 months away: Here are the names For the Pacific basin, the WMO also retired the name John after the deadly major hurricane caused widespread damage and flooding in Mexico. It will be replaced with the name Jake. The basin experienced a below-average season, according to the WMO. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Helene among hurricane names to be retired after deadly 2024 season
The World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee has retired the names Beryl, Helene, Milton, and John from its hurricane name lists due to the significant death and destruction these storms caused in 2024. The names Brianna, Holly, and Miguel will replace Beryl, Helene, and Milton on the Atlantic basin list, while Jake will replace John on the eastern Pacific list. This decision follows the WMO's practice of retiring names of storms that have been particularly deadly or destructive, to avoid confusion and sensitivity in future seasons. 'The work of the Hurricane Committee is critical to ensuring that everyone in the region across the Atlantic and east Pacific basins is ready for the upcoming 2025 hurricane season,' said Michael Brennan, Chair of the Hurricane Committee and Director of the Regional Meteorological Specialized Center Miami. Tropical Storm Helene coverage by Channel 9 Hurricane Beryl was the earliest Atlantic basin Category 5 hurricane on record, causing major impacts in the Caribbean. Hurricanes Helene and Milton brought catastrophic damage to the United States, with Helene being the deadliest U.S. hurricane since Katrina in 2005, resulting in over 248 fatalities. Hurricane John caused deadly flooding in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The retirement of these names underscores the severity of their impacts. The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was notably active, with 18 named storms, 11 of which became hurricanes, and five reaching major hurricane status. This marked the ninth consecutive above-average season. The WMO Hurricane Committee also updated the Region IV Hurricane Operational Plan, enhancing the criteria for issuing Potential Tropical Cyclone advisories to provide earlier warnings. The retirement of these hurricane names reflects the ongoing efforts by the WMO to improve public safety and preparedness in the face of increasingly severe tropical cyclones. VIDEO: Helene 6 months later: Asheville businesses work to bring back visitors
