Hurricane committee officially retires Ian, one other name from 2022 season

Fiona and Ian retired as Atlantic hurricane names due to ‘death and destruction’ caused

The WMO said Fiona produced over $3 billion USD in damage across the Caribbean and Canada and was responsible for 29 direct and indirect fatalities.

Hurricane names Ian, Fiona retired after deadly impact both caused in last year, hurricane committee reports

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Hurricane Committee has officially retired both "Ian" and "Fiona" from its rotating lists of Atlantic tropical cyclone names "because of the death and destruction they caused in Central America, the Caribbean, the United States and Canada," it announced Wednesday.

2 storm names retired after 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced Wednesday that it has retired two storm names from the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season. "Ian" and "Fiona" will no longer be used after the death and destruction they caused. Ian marks the 13th name beginning with the letter "I" to be retired. (This doesn't include "Iota" which is a Greek letter that was retired in 2020.) The following "I" storm names have been r…

Hurricane committee officially retires Ian, one other name from 2022 season

In an annual conference Wednesday, the World Meteorological Organization’s hurricane committee officially retired Ian and Fiona from the rotating list of names.Hurricane names are recycled every six years unless the storm is “so deadly or costly that the future use of its name on a different storm would be inappropriate for obvious reasons of sensitivity,” according to the WMO.Hurricane Ian, of course, was a large and powerful Category 4 hurrica…

Two of the 2022 hurricane names retired and replaced

The letter "I" is the most retired letter when it comes to hurricane names.

2022 hurricane names Fiona, Ian retired for good

WMO shelves names after destructive 2022 hurricane season.