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The International Committee of the World Meteorological Organization has decided to retire the names of five of the most devastating hurricanes from 2005 in order to honor the victims who lost their lives in these storms.
This decision was made during the organization’s annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The five hurricane names—Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan, and Wilma—were assigned to five of the 27 tropical storms and 15 hurricanes that swept through the Atlantic Coast in 2005. These names will no longer be used, in respect for the victims who perished during these storms, while also establishing a separation in the scientific and legal communities.
Typically, the names used for hurricanes are recycled every six years. According to the new decision, the names Dennis, Katrina, Rita, Stan, and Wilma will be replaced by the names Don, Katia, Rina, Sean, and Whitney in 2011.
Since 1953, the year meteorologists began naming tropical storms, a total of 67 names have been retired from the list. The first names to be retired were Carol and Hazel in 1954. The year 2005 set a record for the most names retired in a single hurricane season.
Starting from January 1, 2006, the names assigned to hurricanes will follow this sequence: Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby, Ernesto, Florence, Gordon, Helene, Isaac, Joyce, Kirk, Leslie, Michael, Nadine, Oscar, Patty, Rafael, Sandy, Tony, Valerie, and William. In this list, Kirk replaces Keith, which was retired in 2000 after that hurricane caused severe destruction in Mexico and Belize.
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