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WMO Retired Hurricane Names for 2024
April 17 , 2025
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- The Hurricane names Beryl, Helene and Milton have been from its Atlantic basin name list and John from the eastern Pacific basin name list because of death and destruction caused by them in 2024.
- The annual hurricane season in the Atlantic runs from June to November.
- Beryl was earliest Category-5 hurricane on record last year, with major impacts in the Caribbean.
- Helene and Milton caused catastrophic damage in US while John triggered deadly flooding in Mexican state of Guerrero.
- Record for number of storm names retired from a single Atlantic season is five, in 2005 season.
- The most names retired for a decade was 24 in 2000s, followed by 16 retirements in 2010s.
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