Meteorologists are retiring the name Ida from the list of Atlantic hurricane names.
Last year's Ida was the fifth costliest U.S. storm on record, causing $75 billion in damage and killing 55 people.
Ida, a category four storm, caused about $55 billion in flooding damage and killed six people in Louisiana when it made landfall, but its The WMO has retired 94 hurricane names in the Atlantic because of a storm’s deadly history and 12 of them started with the letter I. No other letter is even close.There have been nine C and F named storms, said University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy who tracks retired names.
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A nasty I of the storm: Ida is 12th I hurricane name retiredThere’s something about hurricanes starting with the letter I that is particularly nasty. Last year’s Ida now joins the list of storms so deadly their names don’t get used again. The World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday that it was retiring the name “Ida” from its list of Atlantic hurricane names that repeats every six years.
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Ida retired from lists of hurricane names in the AtlanticThe World Meteorological Organization announced Wednesday that Ida has retired from the rotating lists of Atlantic tropical cyclone names.
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‘Ida’ is officially retired as a hurricane name. It left a legacy of destruction in Philly and elsewhere.Ida was one of several tropical storms affecting the Philly region whose names have been retired, a distinction reserved for the very worst of them.
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A nasty I of the storm: Ida is 12th I hurricane name retiredThere’s something about hurricanes starting with the letter I that is particularly nasty. Last year’s Ida now joins the list of storms so deadly their names don’t get used again. The World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday that it was retiring the name “Ida” from its list of Atlantic hurricane names that repeats every six years.
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‘Ida’ is officially retired as a hurricane name. It left a legacy of destruction in Philly and elsewhere.Ida was one of several tropical storms affecting the Philly region whose names have been retired, a distinction reserved for the very worst of them.
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Ida retired from lists of hurricane names in the AtlanticThe World Meteorological Organization announced Wednesday that Ida has retired from the rotating lists of Atlantic tropical cyclone names.
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