A world hurricane committee voted to retire Melissa as a hurricane name, and chose Molly as the replacement in 2031.

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Since 1954, 100 names have been retired from the list used by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. The names used each ...

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A committee agreed to retire the name after Hurricane Melissa hit the Caribbean in October 2025 as a Category 5, USA Today reported. “At its peak, Melissa was classified as a category 5 storm based on ...

No more Hurricane Melissa, ever. World Meteorological Organization officially retired the name. Weather event acted like a ...

Melissa's strongest maximum sustained winds were found to have reached 190 mph, tying 1980's Hurricane Allen for the strongest sustained winds on record for any Atlantic Basin hurricane. Hours later, ...

The World Meteorological Organization has announced that "Melissa" has been retired from its rotating Atlantic storm name lists because of the deaths and destruction the powerful cyclone caused across ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Goodbye Hurricane Melissa, hello Molly. Melissa will never pop up again as a tropical storm or hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean.

The World Meteorological Organization has officially retired the name Melissa from future hurricane names. The WMO said this is due to the destruction it caused in the Caribbean in 2025. Sign up for ...