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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Seth Borenstein

UNCOVERED: Bye bye helene milton and beryl names from those nasty hurricanes are now retired | History Defined

A resident surveys the damage following flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl in Plainfield, Vermont - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Hurricanes Helene, Milton and Beryl were so nasty last year that their names are being retired.

These storms caused more than 300 deaths and inflicted more than $119 billion in damage, prompting the World Meterological Organization (WMO) to remove them from the six-year rotating list of Atlantic storm names.

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