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Retired names

Hurricanes that cause severe damage or kill and injure many people are remembered for generations and some go into hurricane history. The country most affected can request the storm's name be removed from use to avoid confusion caused by a future storm having the same name.

When a name is retired from the Atlantic's list of names, member countries of the World Meteorological Organization from that region select a new name. For Atlantic storms the name can be either French, Spanish or English, reflecting the languages of potential victims.