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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.
A total of 96 names have now been retired from the Atlantic list since 1953. Hurricanes have been given various types of names dating back to the 1800s. But in 1953, a new international phonetic ...
The name Manuel was retired in 2013, after it became the first Eastern Pacific tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in mainland Mexico, redevelop over water, and become a hurricane. [24] At the 2015 hurricane committee meeting the name Odile was retired from the list of names after it became the first major hurricane to affect Baja ...
Retired names for hurricanes, storms. Storm names are retired if they were so deadly or destructive that the future use of the name would be insensitive. When a name is retired, it’s replaced by ...
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 2018 version of the list included Hurricane Michael which was retired following the 2018 season. Like the successor, Hurricane Michael was a historic storm for Florida in October 2018.
The names of significant tropical cyclones are retired from the lists, with a replacement name selected at the next meeting of the Hurricane Committee. [1] If all of the names on the annual name list are used, any additional tropical or subtropical storms will receive a name from a supplemental list.
Retired Hurricane Names The following names have been retired from use going back to 1953, soon after Atlantic storms were first named. Some years don't have any retired names, while others may ...