ORLANDO, Fla. – The 2024 hurricane season was extremely active and even more impactful.
Of the 18 named storms, three were so destructive that they will never appear on the rotating list of names again.
2024 retired storms
Hurricane Beryl
Beryl became the earliest Category 5 storm in recorded history as it moved through the Atlantic basin, eventually making landfall in Texas as a Category 1 storm. Beryl became the easternmost hurricane to ever develop in the month of June.
Floridians will remember the next two storms as Helene and Milton made landfall in the Sunshine State.
Helene
Helene came ashore in the Big Bend region of Florida as a Category 4 hurricane. Helene set new storm surge records for the Gulf coast of Florida as it paralleled the Florida coast. The storm went on to produce catastrophic flooding in the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.
Milton
Milton became tied for the fourth most intense hurricane on record while it moved through the Gulf en route to Florida. Milton made landfall near Sarasota and moved inland across the Florida peninsula. Milton produced a historic tornado outbreak for Central and South Florida as it came ashore.
Each spring, members of the World Meteorological Organization’s hurricane committee review the previous hurricane season. If a storm creates so much damage or loss of life that it would be inappropriate to reuse for reasons of sensitivity, the World Meteorological Organization will retire that storm’s name. Think Andrew, Katrina, Ivan, Irma, Maria, etc.
Atlantic storm names run on a six-year, revolving cycle. Brianna. Holly and Miguel will replace the now-retired names when the list comes back around in 2030.
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