The World Meteorological Organization has retired the name Melissa from its Atlantic basin naming lists after the Category 5 devastated Jamaica in 2025.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hurricane season began June 1 and ends Nov. 30, and so far this year there have been 13 named storms, beginning with Tropical ...

The names used for hurricanes in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific rotate on a six-year cycle, with new names swapped in for storms that are retired due to their significance.

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. Atlantic ...

No more Hurricane Melissa, ever. World Meteorological Organization officially retired the name. Weather event acted like a tornado and caused 90 deaths ...

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has officially retired the name “Melissa” from the rotating list of Atlantic tropical cyclone names, marking a historic milestone. The retirement makes ...

The World Meteorological Organization has retired the name Melissa from the list of hurricane names.

With named storms coming earlier and more often in warmer waters, the Atlantic hurricane season is going through some changes with meteorologists ditching the Greek alphabet during busy years. But the ...