The conventions for naming storms are complicated by a mishmash of rules, national quirks and language barriers.

The World Meteorological Organization chooses potential hurricane names several years in advance, based on strict criteria.

Katrina, Sandy, Andrew — some names are inextricably linked with some of the most devastating hurricanes in recent U.S. history. But how do hurricanes and other tropical storms get their names? First, ...

The 2026 hurricane season starts on June 1, and with it comes a fresh set of names ready to be assigned to any and all tropical storms and hurricanes that spin up throughout the year. The Atlantic ...

The name “Melissa” will never again be used for an Atlantic storm. Following a catastrophic October 2025 track that saw the ...

Melissa's strongest maximum sustained winds were found to have reached 190 mph, tying 1980's Hurricane Allen for the strongest sustained winds on record for any Atlantic Basin hurricane. Hours later, ...

The World Meteorological Organization has announced that "Melissa" has been retired from its rotating Atlantic storm name lists because of the deaths and destruction the powerful cyclone caused across ...

The World Meteorological Organization has retired the name "Melissa" from future storm name lists. This decision followed the catastrophic destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa during the 2025 ...

A developing El Niño will be one of the biggest forces shaping the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, and is one reason the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 2026 hurricane season starts on June 1, and with it comes a fresh set of names ready to be assigned to any and all tropical ...

Some Atlantic Basin hurricane and tropical storm names will never be used for future storms. Just as no New York Yankee will ever again wear No. 3 (Babe Ruth), nor will a Los Angeles Laker ever claim ...