Four Hurricane Names Removed from Rotation After Deadly 2024 Season

Beryl, Helene, Milton and John have been struck from future hurricane name lists, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced.

The decision comes after these storms left trails of destruction across the Caribbean, United States, and Mexico during the 2024 hurricane season.

The names Brianna, Holly, and Miguel will replace the retired Atlantic basin names, while Jake will take John’s place in the eastern Pacific lineup.

“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,” said Michael Brennan, Hurricane Committee Chair and Director of the Regional Meteorological Specialized Center Miami.

WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo noted: “Since 1978, the WMO Hurricane Committee has served as a vital platform for operational collaboration and partnership. Thanks to your dedication, we have saved countless lives and averted many millions of dollars in economic losses. However, it only takes one landfalling hurricane to undermine years of development. Whilst the USA bears the biggest outright economic losses, Small Island Developing States and fragile economies suffer disproportionately.”

Beryl shattered records as 2024’s earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane, devastating Caribbean islands with winds that damaged or destroyed 98% of homes on Grenada’s Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The storm claimed 34 lives.

Beryl, Helene, Milton and John have been struck from future hurricane name lists, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced.

The decision comes after these storms left trails of destruction across the Caribbean, United States, and Mexico during the 2024 hurricane season.

The names Brianna, Holly, and Miguel will replace the retired Atlantic basin names, while Jake will take John’s place in the eastern Pacific lineup.

“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,” said Michael Brennan, Hurricane Committee Chair and Director of the Regional Meteorological Specialized Center Miami.

WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo noted: “Since 1978, the WMO Hurricane Committee has served as a vital platform for operational collaboration and partnership. Thanks to your dedication, we have saved countless lives and averted many millions of dollars in economic losses. However, it only takes one landfalling hurricane to undermine years of development. Whilst the USA bears the biggest outright economic losses, Small Island Developing States and fragile economies suffer disproportionately.”

Beryl shattered records as 2024’s earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane, devastating Caribbean islands with winds that damaged or destroyed 98% of homes on Grenada’s Carriacou and Petite Martinique. The storm claimed 34 lives.