names are chosen from one of four lists of Hawaiian names. Finally, storm names have to navigate around political and historical sensitivities that change with time, said Liz Skilton, an author ...

Storm names are given on a rotating alphabetical basis, and once a name is retired, new names enter the rotation. Brianna, Holly and Miguel will enter the Atlantic rotation for 2025 and beyond ...

That means most names used in the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, for example, will be used again in 2030. But when a storm is particularly powerful, destructive or deadly, the name is “retired ...

For those who lost homes, livelihoods, and loved ones to these storms, their names will never again be uttered in the same breath as a future hurricane. Once a storm name is retired, it is gone ...

The World Meteorological Organization's Hurricane Committee, which oversees storm names, said Wednesday that the names were retired "because of the death and destruction these storms caused in 2024." ...

Brianna, Holly, Miguel will replace Beryl, Helene and Milton on the rotating list of hurricane names. When a storm name is ...

Replacing them are Brianna, Holly, and Miguel, which will be used in future storm seasons. The practice of retiring names for particularly destructive storms is standard procedure for the WMO ...